Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200850717 - Employee killed in fall with ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 200850717 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 10/30/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300615796	12/18/1997	1799	0	Newco Iron Works Ltd.

Abstract: Employee #1 was on an extension ladder that was leaning against a partially installed piece of vertical steel tubing. The splice plate on the tubing bent, and the tubing overturned, dislodging the ladder. Employee #1 fell with the ladder approximately 40 ft to the ground. He sustained multiple fractures and was transported to the hospital, where he later died. The tubing was being erected as a frame for a stairway enclosure for an addition to the existing building.

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

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	5		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300615796			Fatality	Fracture	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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