Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170751853 - Employee falls eight feet onto head

Accident Summary Nr: 170751853 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 11/26/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119540102	11/26/1993	1522	0	Wellington Construction Company

Abstract: At lunchtime, Employee #1 and coworkers were climbing down a ladder from a roof when Employee #1's legs tangled in the ladder's rungs and he fell to the concrete, landing on his head. The roof was approximately 8 feet 10 inches above ground; the ladder measured 12 feet in length and when properly angled didn't extend 3 feet above the roof's landing. Employee #1 sustained head injuries. Employees had no training and no ppe was being worn.

Keywords: HEAD, PPE, WORK RULES, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, DESCENDING, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ENTANGLED, UNTRAINED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119540102			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Carpenters

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