Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171045628 - Employee injured in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 171045628 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 01/09/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124754003	01/09/1997	3312	0	Cascade Steel Rolling Mills Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on January 9, 1997, Employee #1 was installing air lines along a wall. He had one foot on an extension ladder and the other on a purlin when the ladder slipped and he fell approximately 20 ft to the ground. Employee #1 fractured both legs, an ankle, and two vertebrae.

Keywords: FRACTURE, EXTENSION LADDER, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, LADDER, SLIP, FALL, VERTEBRA, LEG, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124754003			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Millwrights

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