Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170719033 - Employee injured as ladder falls

Accident Summary Nr: 170719033 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 10/29/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120059050	11/03/1992	1794	0	Lash Construction Co. Inc.

Abstract: On October 29, 1992, Employee #1, of Lash Construction, was standing on a metal ladder that had been placed against a eucalyptus tree branch that he was going to cut off. A coworker was holding the ladder at its base. When Employee #1 cut off the end of the tree limb, the rest of the limb sprang upward. The metal ladder slid off the limb and fell onto the asphalt street. Employee #1 rode the falling ladder to the street. He was taken by paramedic ambulance to St. John Regional Medical Center, where he was treated for concussion and released.

Keywords: TREE LIMB, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, METAL LADDER, FALL, CONCUSSION, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120059050			Non Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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