Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201060365 - Employee injured in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201060365 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 03/26/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125998153	03/28/1997	1721	0	Spectrum Painting

Abstract: At 10:15 a.m. on March 26, 1997, Employee #1, a full-time painter, was using a 24 ft extension ladder to mask a 3 ft by 5 ft window on a three-story residential condominium. He fell from the ladder and sustained fractures of his lumbar vertebrae. Employee #1 was transported by ambulance to Mercy Hospital.

Keywords: FRACTURE, EXTENSION LADDER, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, PAINTER, VERTEBRA

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	3	36

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125998153			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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