Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201124526 - Employee injured infalls from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201124526 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 06/05/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300839610	06/13/2003	1542	236220	Vance Brown Builders

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 a.m. on June 6, 2003, Employee #1 was working with a crew of men on the construction of a building. He was applying caulking to seams between wall boards, lining an elevator shaft, and standing on a portable ladder set up in the elevator pit. As Employee #1 pushed the material into the gap, he displaced the ladder and fell to the floor of the pit. He was injured on impact with the installed equipment there. He was hospitalized for two days for treatment of cuts.

Keywords: LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, FALL, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300839610			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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