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Accident Summary Nr: 170197115 - EMPLOYEE SUSTAINS NUMEROUS INJURIES IN FALL FROM LADDER

Accident Summary Nr: 170197115 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 10/18/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111882718	10/18/1990	1721	0	Gibbs Painting

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 2:00 P.M. ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1990, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PREPARING TO SANDBLAST THE INSIDE OF ANAEROBIC DIGESTER #3 AT A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. HE CLIMBED AN ALUMINUM LADDER THAT HAD BEEN POSITIONED AGAINST AN 84-INCH DIAMETER INDUCTOR TUBE. EMPLOYEE #1 PULLED HIMSELF ONTO THE RIM PLATE, APPROXIMATELY 27 INCHES IN DIAMETER, BECAUSE THE LADDER DID NOT EXTEND 36 INCHES ABOVE THE LANDING. HE THEN INSTALLED CLAMPS TO BE USED FOR RIGGING. EMPLOYEE #1 STARTED TO DESCEND THE LADDER. THE LADDER MOVED, AND HE FELL APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR BELOW. EMPLOYEE #1 SUSTAINED A FRACTURED RIGHT ARM, RIB CAGE AND PELVIS, AND SUFFERED INTERNAL INJURIES.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, PELVIS, FALL, ARM, SANDBLASTING, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111882718			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Painters, construction and maintenance

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