N.D.E., Inc.

An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.

An employee was climbing down a ladder when it slipped. The employee fell, suffering a broken scapula and broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee climbed an aluminum extension ladder inside a grain bin to help remove a stirring machine. As the farmer began to lower the stirring machine from the top, one of the ropes broke, causing the stirring machine to strike the ladder and knock it out from under the employee. The employee fell to the base of the grain bin and sustained fractures requiring hospitalization.

An employee was working on a 6-foot ladder that was leaned against a gas compression engine. The ladder feet slipped on the working surface, causing the ladder to become unstable. The employee fell off the ladder and suffered bilateral wrist fractures.

An employee was pulling a data cable through a ceiling. He fell through the ceiling, landing at ground level. He suffered a laceration to the forehead, a dislocated left little finger, a broken left ring finger, and a laceration to the liver.

An employee was assigned to assess and evaluate suspected wind and hail damage to the roof of a residential home. The employee was climbing a portable articulated ladder using both hands when the base of the ladder slipped out on the dormer platform. The employee and the ladder slid off the platform, continued sliding off the lower roof, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained two fractures to their left arm and six fractures to the left side of their ribs.

An employee was walking on formwork conducting a threshold inspection when their foot became caught in rebar. They tripped and fell two feet to the ground, resulting in a fractured tibia and fibula.

An employee was inspecting the connection from a stick-built garage to a manufactured building. The employee fell off the walk board to the ground below and sustained a compression fracture to the L3 vertebra and a fractured right ankle.

An employee was inspecting a roof when he was bitten behind the ear by a spider. The employee had a reaction to the bite and went to the hospital.

An employee was descending stairs during a building inspection. Their leg gave out and they fell to the floor, sustaining a broken ankle.

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.