OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221388481

LINDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT

OLIVEHURST, CA· 2021-08-21T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Surface, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Jump, Jumping, Ladder, Leg, Lost Control, Maintenance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Slip, Slippery Surface, Stuck, Valve, Wastewater
NAICS: 221310
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345514160
Employer profile: LINDA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT
Summary number: 221388481
Report ID: 0950621

Event description

Employee fractures legs jumping off ladder onto concrete

Investigation abstract

At 1:45 p.m. on August 21, 2021, an employee working as the Chief Plant Operator jumped off the ladder and landed with his legs striking the concrete surface. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractures to both legs. for a wastewater treatment plant was attempting to open a pipe valve that was stuck in the closed position. A coworker, his supervisor who is the District Manager, was not onsite at the time since it was a weekend. The employee was working alone so there were no witnesses. The employee was working from an 8-foot extension ladder resting on a concrete surface. He was using a 2-foot pipe wrench to forcefully open the valve. The employee was holding the side rail of ladder with his right hand and using his left hand to apply torque to valve stem when the wrench slipped causing the ladder to spin in place. The employee

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 63 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
0

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.