Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170731095 - Employee injured in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 170731095 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 06/26/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119776938	07/01/1996	7312	0	Eller Media Company

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on June 26, 1996, Employee #1 was using a portable 14 ft metal ladder set up on the bed of a truck-mounted crane to reach a billboard. To reach the billboard runway, he used a chain to lash the top of the portable ladder to the billboard access ladder. Employee #1 was climbing the portable ladder when it shifted and he lost his balance. He fell approximately 8 ft onto the truck bed, sustaining lacerations to the back of his head and multiple fractures. Employee #1 later stated that an extension ladder of the correct size had not been available.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, TRUCK CRANE, WORK RULES, LACERATION, METAL LADDER, FALL, LOST BALANCE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119776938			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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