Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200962785 - Employee injured in fall when extension ladder telescopes

Accident Summary Nr: 200962785 -- Report ID: 0352420 -- Event Date: 03/25/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302482252	03/29/1999	1741	0	A & A Masonry Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, an 18-year-old apprentice bricklayer with A and A Masonry, Inc., stepped off a scaffold onto an extension ladder which telescoped downward. He fell approximately 20 ft to the ground, suffered head injuries, and was knocked out. Employee #1 was flown to the University of Maryland Hospital Shock Trauma Center.

Keywords: HEAD, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, EXTENSION LADDER, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, DESCENDING, FALL, MECH MALFUNCTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1	22

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302482252			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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