Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135744.015 - Employee fractures and lacerates ankle in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 135744.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 05/17/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1532051.015	05/20/2021		532412	Art Alger Inc.

Abstract: At 1:40 p.m. on May 17, 2021, an employee working as a millwright for a leasing company for heavy equipment was descending a roof from a 6-foot Louisville stepladder. He lost his footing and his foot went through the steps causing him to fall. He pulled the ladder down with him as he fell. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured right ankle.

Keywords: Ankle, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Contusion, Descending, Descending Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Falling Object, Foot, Fracture, Laceration, Ladder, Lost Balance, Millwright, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Roof, Step, Stepladder

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1532051.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury		Millwrights

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