Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201057858 - Employee is injured in fall from fixed ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201057858 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 09/25/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300783602	10/15/2003	7539	811198	Rand Aire Corp.

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m. on September 25, 2003, Employee #1 was servicing HVAC equipment. He climbed up an 8-foot-tall A-frame ladder and then climbed onto a fixed ladder attached to the building. As he was coming down the fixed ladder, the top bolts came out of the wall. He leaned forward to keep from falling backward and then the bottom bolts came out of the wall causing him to fall with the ladder to the ground from the height of approximately 12 feet. He received multiple compound fractures to his left leg, a shattered left heel, and a crushed right foot. He was transported to Beverly Hospital in Montebello and then to Saint Joseph's Hospital in Burbank where he was admitted and treated for his injuries.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LADDER, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FIXED LADDER, FALL, WORK SURFACE, FOOT, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300783602			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Heating, air conditioning, and refrig. mechanics

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