Abstract: On April 18, 1997, Employee #1 was working on the north bridge at the east end of the Fabrication Shop Building at the Visco Steel facility, a fabricator of structural steel products. He was directed by his supervisor to check out a noise coming from a drive unit on bridge crane #2, one of the four 5-ton, pendant-controlled, Frontier overhead bridge cranes at the site. Employee #1 had climbed a 20 ft column ladder to access the drive motor when crane #3, operating on the south bridge, moved into his work area. Employee #1 fell approximately 18 ft to the floor and suffered a broken left femur and head injuries. He was transported to Loma Linda University Medical Center, where he was admitted for treatment. Employee #1 was not wearing fall protection (a safety belt and lanyard) despite the work elevation; the column ladder he was standing on was not built to T8CCR standards; and Employee #1 did not take proper precautions to prevent other cranes from entering his work area prior to starting work on the overhead bridge crane. The employer was cited for serious, accident-related violations of T8CCR 3210(a), employee not protected by guardrails or safety belt and lanyard; T8CCR 3277(e)(4) column ladder rungs less than 7 in. from the back of the column; and T8CCR 5034(b)(4), before work is started on cranes, precautions shall be taken, and warnings and barriers shall be in place. A general violation was also issued for T8CCR 5021(a)(2), employer could not provide current certification documents for the cranes in use.