Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 142014.015 - Employee fractures back in fall when defective ladder slips

Accident Summary Nr: 142014.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 12/09/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1569152.015	12/16/2021		562910	Hepa Environmental Services, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on December 9, 2021, an employee was working from a 24-foot extension ladder cleaning an elevated walking/working surface when he attempted to climb down to the ground. The ladder was missing a non-slip rubber foot pad, which allowed the ladder to kick out from under the employee. The employee fell approximately 10 feet to the concrete ground. A coworker (Foreman) called 911 and the employee was transported to a local hospital and admitted. The employee fractured his vertebrae from blunt force contact with the concrete floor.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cleaning, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Descending Ladder, Dislocated, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Ladder, Leg, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Sprain, Vertebra, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1569152.015	24	F	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior masonry Fatality Cause:

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