Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at American Family Insurance, 127 NW 210 Street, GREAT BEND, KANSAS 67530
on — Fractures , affecting the Upper and lower extremities n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was conducting a roof inspection for an insurance claim. He set up a ladder up on a deck and was climbing from the ladder to the roof when the ladder slipped causing the employee to fall to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured wrist and ankle and required surgery.
Hospitalized Upper and lower extremities n.e.c. Portable ladders and stairs unspecified
An employee was at a customer's home conducting a claim inspection for water damage. She was transferring from the roof to a ladder when she slipped and fell about 10 feet to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to her pelvis and tailbone, and torn muscles in her hip and leg. She was hospitalized and required surgery.
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.
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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.
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