OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221414402

ACCURATE BOX COMPANY, INC.

PATERSON, NJ· 2021-10-02T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Climbing on Ladder, Concrete Floor, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Installing, Laborer, Lack of Work Procedures, Ladder, Sensor, Slip, Slippery Surface, Wrist
NAICS: 322212
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345655831
Employer profile: ACCURATE BOX COMPANY, INC.
Summary number: 221414402
Report ID: 0214500
Project type: E
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee installing sensor breaks wrists in fall off ladder

Investigation abstract

At 8:45 a.m. on October 2, 2021, an employee who worked as a Construction Laborer for a contractor had been working at a manufacturing site installing a sensor. The employee was climbing a ladder to drill a hole on a beam. The ladder slipped and the employee fell along with the ladder to the concrete floor below. The employee broke both wrists and was hospitalized requiring surgery to his right arm.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
7010

Fall distance
12

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