Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201063294 - Employee injured in fall when ladder slips out

Accident Summary Nr: 201063294 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 07/24/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120280326	08/04/2000	1751	0	R.D. Bacon Construction Company

Abstract: At approximately 3:00 p.m. on July 24, 2000, Employee #1, a carpenter/framer with five years of experience with the R.D. Bacon Construction Company, was working at a residential construction site. He was ascending a portable aluminum extension ladder to retrieve a tool from the roof when the ladder slipped out from under him and he fell between 16 and 18 ft to the ground. Employee #1 sustained a fractured right hip, a fractured left hand, and a ruptured spleen. Causal factors in this accident include failure to place the ladder feet on a secured base and failure to check the ladder security prior to use.

Keywords: FRACTURE, EXTENSION LADDER, SPLEEN, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, HIP, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120280326			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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