Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170384234 - Five employees injured in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 170384234 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 10/31/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1966209	10/31/1984	1542	0	Anderson Construction Co

Abstract: Employees #1, #2, #3, #4, and #5 were climbing up a 60 foot metal portable ladder to a platform in blast furnace #6 at U.S. Steel. The ladder, which was not tied off at the top, bowed and slipped down and out of the work platform opening. It threw all 5 employees to the bottom of the blast furnace. Employees #2 through #5 were hospitalized and Employee #1 was not hospitalized.

Keywords: UNSECURED, SLIP, BLAST FURNACE, CONSTRUCTION, METAL LADDER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1966209	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers
2	1966209	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers
3	1966209	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers
4	1966209	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers
5	1966209	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers

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