Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170209159 - Employee injured in fall from unsecured ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 170209159 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 07/08/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111797627	07/20/1992	1794	0	Kv Telecon ,Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was using an unsecured extension ladder at a height of approximately 19 feet. He extended himself too far out, and the ladder fell. Employee #1 fell to the concrete, breaking both wrists in many places. He was hospitalized for approximately a week.

Keywords: FRACTURE, EXTENSION LADDER, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, UNSTABLE POSITION, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111797627			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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