Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200800480 - Employee dislocates his elbow when he falls from a ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 200800480 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 07/30/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303863708	08/03/2001	1771	0	Middleton Construction, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 set an extension ladder against a wall to build scaffolding. The ground was sandy and he was approximately four to five feet high on the ladder. The ladder tipped sideways and he fell with the ladder, striking his elbow on a rebar cap on the way down dislocating it.

Keywords: LADDER, STRUCK AGAINST, DISLOCATED, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, UNSTABLE SOIL, ELBOW

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	4	40

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303863708			Non Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 5 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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