Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201067535 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201067535 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 01/21/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307027508	02/25/2004	7382	561621	Sierra Telecommunications Security Services

Abstract: At approximately 3:30 p.m. on January 21, 2004, Employee #1 and a coworker were doing prep work for the installation of a security system in a new building. Employee #1 was using a 12-foot Sunset metal ladder, Model Number F1A12, that the coworker had found near a trash dumpster at another work site. The ladder was bent and while Employee #1 was pulling wire in the ceiling joists, the ladder failed. Employee #1 fell to the concrete floor and suffered a fractured hip. He was hospitalized with his injury.

Keywords: FRACTURE, INSTALLING, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, METAL LADDER, FALL, HIP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307027508			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Telephone line installers and repairers

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