Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200801777 - Employee Dies When He Falls Off Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 200801777 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 05/16/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310761929	05/17/2007	1799	562910	Robinson Brothers Environmental, Inc.

Abstract: On May 16, 2007, Employee #1 was working within an asbestos containment with two coworkers. He was wearing all of his personal protective equipment required for the job. Employee #1 was removing a suspended pipe, which was to be cut to bag out size. While standing on the third or fourth rung of a step ladder, he began to remove the supports for this pipe with an angled grinder, when the one remaining support for the pipe broke free from the ceiling. The pipe fell from the ceiling in a diagonal direction, and struck the ladder that Employee #1 was working from. He fell backward from the ladder, approximately 6 feet, and struck his head on the brick floor, killing him.

Keywords: GRINDER, HEAD, PPE, LADDER, STRUCK AGAINST, PIPE, CONCUSSION, FLYING OBJECT, ASBESTOS, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000	3	6	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310761929			Fatality	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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