OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221396757

NOVEL AIRE TECHNOLOGIES

COLUMBIA, MO· 2021-09-21T00:00:00

Event: Ankle, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken, Broken Bone, Climbing on Ladder, Commercial Building, Construction, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Foot, Fracture, Ground, HVAC, Installing, Lack of Work Procedures, Ladder, Leg, Lost Balance, Lost Control, Unsafe Position, Vacuum Cleaner
NAICS: 333415
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345553796
Employer profile: NOVEL AIRE TECHNOLOGIES
Summary number: 221396757
Report ID: 0728500
Project type: C
Construction end-use: H

Event description

Employee breaks leg in fall climbing ladder holding shop vac

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on September 21, 2021, an employee working as a HVAC technician for a commercial and industrial HVAC equipment contractor was working on the HVAC system on a building. The employee grabbed a shop vac to take with him as he walked up a ladder. The employee was climbing up the ladder with the shop vac on his shoulder when he missed the last rung of the ladder. The employee lost his balance and fell approximately 10 feet as a result. The employee fell backwards onto a coworker standing at the bottom of the ladder before impacting the ground. The employee was hospitalized to treat a leg broken in several places and unspecified injuries to his ankle and foot.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 44 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
547

Fall distance
10

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