Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200520914 - Employee killed in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 200520914 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 11/20/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115092413	11/23/1998	1751	0	Architectural Wall Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working from a 28 ft extension ladder whose feet were pushed into the soft turf. he rested the top of the ladder on the window sill and a coworker was trying to steady the ladder. Employee #1 had finished gluing pieces of brake metal to the window, and was going to insert the weep buttons when he fell approximately 20 ft into the window well and landed on concrete. Employee #1 was pronounced dead at the scene. The ladder was not adequately secured.

Keywords: EXTENSION LADDER, INSTALLING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	115092413			Fatality	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Installing windows and doors, glazing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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