Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200460269 - Two employees injured in fall with ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 200460269 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 08/31/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302058599	08/31/1998	1623	0	Slattery/Interbeton/J.F. White/Perini, J.V.

Abstract: Employee #1 was accessing a 32 ft fiberglass extension ladder that led from the bottom of an excavation to a makeshift landing platform, where a coworker was waiting. As Employee #1 began to step from the ladder to the platform, the ladder slipped downward and out, away from the platform. The coworker grabbed Employee #1 but could not hold him. Both workers fell approximately 18 ft to the bottom of the excavation, where steel piping had been installed for a sewer system. Employee #1 suffered a fractured back. The ladder had not been set up properly.

Keywords: FRACTURE, EXTENSION LADDER, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, DESCENDING, BACK, FALL, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Excavation, landfill		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over		36

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302058599			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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