Great Lakes Plumbing & Heating
Other fall to lower level, unspecified — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS
| Employer | Great Lakes Plumbing & Heating | Report ID | 2017065717 |
| Address | 660 N. Westmoreland Road | City, State ZIP | LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS 60045 |
| Event Date | June 21, 2017 | Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Body Part | Nonclassifiable |
| Event Type | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Source of Injury | Step ladders |
| Industry (NAICS) | 238220 | Inspection # | 1260611 |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.25000, -87.86000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was fixing a sprinkler head while standing on an A-frame ladder when the leg of the ladder slipped on the vinyl flooring. The employee then fell from the ladder, hitting a window sill and then the floor. He injured his vertebrae and was hospitalized.
Incident Summary
On June 21, 2017, a worker at Great Lakes Plumbing & Heating in LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the nonclassifiable. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level, unspecified, with step ladders identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
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