Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 151619.015 - Employee is killed in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 151619.015 -- Report ID: 0213100 -- Event Date: 11/24/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1635675.015	11/22/2022		236220	Bast Hatfield Construction, Llc.

Abstract: At 2:09 a.m. on November 24, 2022, an employee was climbing a ladder to access the worksite. As the employee was climbing, material was being raised by a telescopic handler. The forks of the handler tilted down and the material fell from the forks and struck the employee. The employee fell approximately 19 feet from the ladder to the ground. The employee suffered a severed spinal cord which led to his death.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Climbing on Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Falling Object, Forks, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Severed, Spine, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			6		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1635675.015	52	M	Fatality		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 19 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 19 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause:

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