OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221462203
INSPIRATION PLUMBING, LLC
SILVER SPRING, MD·
Event description
Employee falls from stepladder and receives multiple injurie
Investigation abstract
At 2:00 p.m. on January 21, 2022, an employee installed a half-inch cold water, copper primer line on a trap line while standing on a twelve-foot stepladder. At some point, the employee fell and received fractures to the skull and fingers on the right hand, brain swelling, and a stroke that caused paralysis to the left side of their body. The employee was hospitalized to treat the injuries.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 56 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 7039
- Fall distance
- 10
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