Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 136053.015 - Employee fractures skull in fall from crane truck ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 136053.015 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 05/18/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1534585.015	05/19/2021		423390	Foundation Building Materials Llc

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on May 18, 2021, an employee working as a heavy equipment mechanic for a construction materials wholesale business was climbing the ladder of a crane truck. The employee was carrying a bucket of tools when he lost his balance just as he was placing the tools on top of the work station. The employee fell to the floor below. He was hospitalized to treat a fractured skull and a right ankle sprain.

Keywords: Ankle, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Bucket , Climbing on Ladder, Crane, Face, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fixed Ladder, Floor, Fracture, Hand Tool, Head, Ladder, Leg, Lost Balance, Mechanic, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Skull, Sprain, Truck, Truck Crane, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1534585.015	58	M	Hospitalized injury		Heavy equipment mechanics

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