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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 100114.015 - Employee With Feet Entangled Jumps From Ladder And Fractures

**Accident: 100114.015 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 10/03/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1272510.015	10/24/2017		Kanawha Valley Construction And Erection

At 10:00 a.m. on October 3, 2017, Employee #1, an iron worker employed by a cons truction company, was working at a commercial building site. As he climbed down a ladder while wearing a fall protection harness and lanyard, the lanyard becam e entangled around his feet. Employee #1 jumped off the ladder and fell to the concrete below, a fall height of approximately 20 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and t reated for fractures to both heels.

Keywords: construction, elevated work platform, entangled, fall, fall protection, foot, fracture, iron worker, ladder, lanyard

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition				20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Construction
1	1272510.015	22	M	Hospitalized injury		FallDist: 20 FallHt:20 Cause: FatCause:

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