OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221420144

HEPA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.

AKRON, OH· 2021-12-09T00:00:00

Event: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cleaning, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Descending Ladder, Dislocated, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Ladder, Leg, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Sprain, Vertebra, Work Surface
NAICS: 562910
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345691521
Employer profile: HEPA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
Summary number: 221420144
Report ID: 0522300
Project type: B
Construction end-use: D

Event description

Employee fractures back in fall when defective ladder slips

Investigation abstract

At 11:00 a.m. on December 9, 2021, an employee was working from a 24-foot extension ladder cleaning an elevated walking/working surface when he attempted to climb down to the ground. The ladder was missing a non-slip rubber foot pad, which allowed the ladder to kick out from under the employee. The employee fell approximately 10 feet to the concrete ground. A coworker (Foreman) called 911 and the employee was transported to a local hospital and admitted. The employee fractured his vertebrae from blunt force contact with the concrete floor.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 24 F

Event type
5

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