Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 1000280 - Employee suffers fractures in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 1000280 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 01/16/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18484725	01/26/1990	1721	0	Rakestraw Painting, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a painter, had been taken to an airline hangar and told to paint the inside door tracks of the hangar doors. He was working alone on a section of a 40 ft metal extension ladder that had been taken apart. The 20 ft section had no safety feet and the ladder was not tied off or secured to prevent its falling. The hangar floor was extremely slick. Employee #1 had been on site approximately four hours when the ladder kicked out from under him, causing him to fall 20 ft to the concrete floor. He suffered multiple fractures, cuts, and bruises.

Keywords: FRACTURE, EXTENSION LADDER, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, FALL, SLIPPERY SURFACE, PAINTER, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18484725			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Painters, construction and maintenance

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