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Estate Landscaping & Lawn Management

Other fall to lower level, unspecified — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — FORT MYERS, FLORIDA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Estate Landscaping & Lawn Management in FORT MYERS, FLORIDA
Employer Estate Landscaping & Lawn Management Report ID 20181111921
Address Botanica Lakes City, State ZIP FORT MYERS, FLORIDA 33913
Event Date November 19, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
Event Type Other fall to lower level, unspecified Source of Injury Movable ladders, unspecified
Secondary Source Ground, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 561730 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 26.57000, -81.78000

Incident Narrative

An employee was trimming bushes from a ladder when he lost his balance and fell off the ladder and onto a fence and the ground. He suffered a back injury and was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On November 19, 2018, a worker at Estate Landscaping & Lawn Management in FORT MYERS, FLORIDA suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level, unspecified, with movable ladders, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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