Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 141440.015 - Employee installing sensor breaks wrists in fall off ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 141440.015 -- Report ID: 0214500 -- Event Date: 10/02/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1565583.015	10/07/2021		322212	Accurate Box Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:45 a.m. on October 2, 2021, an employee who worked as a Construction Laborer for a contractor had been working at a manufacturing site installing a sensor. The employee was climbing a ladder to drill a hole on a beam. The ladder slipped and the employee fell along with the ladder to the concrete floor below. The employee broke both wrists and was hospitalized requiring surgery to his right arm.

Keywords: Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Climbing on Ladder, Concrete Floor, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Installing, Laborer, Lack of Work Procedures, Ladder, Sensor, Slip, Slippery Surface, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Other				12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1565583.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: 12 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause:

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