OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221406358

BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN

BROOKLYN, NY· 2021-10-22T00:00:00

Event: Ankle, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Descending Ladder, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Lost Balance, Maintenance, Repair, Roof
NAICS: 712130
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345608087
Employer profile: BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN
Summary number: 221406358
Report ID: 0215000

Event description

Employee fractures ankle in fall from ladder

Investigation abstract

At 11:45 a.m. on October 22, 2021, an employee, a maintenance laborer, was working on the roof above a caf�, when he began descending the aluminum extension ladder he lost his balance and fell. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured left ankle.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 45 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
579

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