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Accident Summary Nr: 101169.015 - Employee falls when ladder slips and sustains multiple injur

Accident Summary Nr: 101169.015 -- Report ID: 0627510 -- Event Date: 11/29/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1280490.015	12/04/2017		238120	Irwin Steel Erectors, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:15 a.m. on November 29, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a steel erection company, was engaged in steel erection work at a multiemployer construction project, a commercial building. He was working from a ladder when the ladder slipped out and fell to the concrete floor. Employee #1 fell, a fall height of 15 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for fractures to the jaw and hip, and lacerations and contusions. The subsequent investigation report indicated that the ladder was defective.

Keywords: Construction, Equipment Failure, Face, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Hip, Laceration, Ladder, Steel Erection

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition				21

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1280490.015	57	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 15 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 21 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:

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