Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201159464 - Employee falls from ladder when it slips

Accident Summary Nr: 201159464 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 04/26/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307452896	05/06/2004	1751	238130	A&L Framing

Abstract: At approximately 11:15 a.m. on April 26, 2004, Employee #1, a framer, was working on a residential construction project. He used the extension section of a 14 ft fiberglass extension ladder he found at the jobsite. He was on the ladder approximately 13 ft high, and was straight-edging two by four studs with an electric planer. The base of the ladder slipped on the concrete floor and he fell. He sustained fractures to both wrists and to a facial bone and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, EXTENSION LADDER, CARPENTER, WORK RULES, LADDER, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307452896			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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