| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-20 | Monroe Township | Nj | Edgewood Properties, Inc | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was plastering sheet rock from a straight ladder. The ladder kicked out and the employee fell to the concrete floor, suffering broken ribs. | |||||
| 2021-07-30 | Fort Myers | Fl | Sims Crane & Equipment Co. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was on a straight ladder gathering equipment to be used at a jobsite. When they began descending the ladder, they fell 8 feet from the ladder to the ground below, resulting in fractured wrists, a fractured cheekbone, and a laceration on their hand. | |||||
| 2021-07-27 | Orlando | Fl | A-1 Block Corporation | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| On July 27, 2021, an employee was on a straight ladder to check the level of an open aggregate hopper when the ladder slipped, causing him to fall approximately 3-4 feet and resulting in a broken left ankle. | |||||
| 2021-03-23 | Duncansville | Pa | DN Tanks LLC | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee lost his balance on a straight ladder and fell. He sustained fractures to a leg and foot. | |||||
| 2020-02-20 | Dagsboro | Delaware | Southern States | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was coming down a straight ladder when it slid and he fell to the ground. His left leg was broken in two places between the knee and the ankle. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-02-12 | Smethport | Pennsylvania | Dean Hushon Insulation, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was climbing a straight ladder that was secured to a boiler. On the third or fourth step of the ladder, the employee's foot slipped causing him to fall backwards and hit a fire extinguisher that was on the wall before falling to the concrete ground. The employee was hospitalized due to an injury to his twelfth vertebrae. | |||||
| 2018-08-22 | Georgetown | Texas | Commercial Insulators of Austin LLC | Wrist(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee fell 6 feet off a straight ladder to the cement floor, fracturing both wrists. | |||||
| 2018-04-07 | Denmark | Wisconsin | Vos Electric, Inc. | Brain | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was working from a straight ladder putting the cover on a junction box while another employee braced the ladder. The foot of the ladder slid out and dropped the employee 3 to 4 feet to the ground. The employee suffered a concussion and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-01-03 | Stamford | Connecticut | Spartech, LLC | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee climbed a 14-foot straight ladder in a utility space to reach and close a compressed air supply shut-off valve. As he was reaching out, the ladder kicked out from beneath him and he fell approximately 10 feet to the floor, landing on and fracturing his right hip. | |||||
| 2017-09-05 | Lewisburg | Pennsylvania | U.S. Dept of Justice, USP Lewisburg Minimum Camp | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee had just finished roofing construction on a structure when he fell off a straight ladder and struck the compacted hard soil below, breaking his right leg. | |||||
| 2017-03-31 | Pascagoula | Mississippi | VT Halter Marine | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was climbing a straight ladder when it slipped out from underneath him. He fell to the ground and fractured his right hip and ankle. | |||||
| 2017-01-25 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | UPS | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was coming down a straight ladder, missed a rung and fell less than two feet fracturing a knee cap. | |||||
| 2016-03-11 | Lake In The Hills | Illinois | Advanced Flexible Composites, Inc | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was using a straight ladder to clean a horizontal coater. The employee slipped while descending the ladder, falling 6 to 8 feet to the cement floor and fracturing a leg. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-04-15 | Midlothian | Illinois | Jones Lang LaSalle | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee injured his right ankle following a four foot fall from a straight ladder. | |||||