Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201168184 - Employee Is Knocked Unconscious in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201168184 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 09/27/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126062801	10/19/2006	1799	238990	C W Services

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on September 27, 2006, Employee #1 was working as a welder or metal cutter for C.W. Services, a construction contractor, at a jobsite in Inglewood, CA. This is a welding company, and Employee #1 was welding a top member on a door frame of a steel framed building. He was using an eight-foot A-frame folding stepladder, and he was standing on the third step trying to align a piece of angle iron using a wrench. As he pulled on the wrench, it slipped. He lost his balance and fell backward, striking his head on the concrete floor. He sustained a concussion, and he was knocked unconscious and taken to a hospital by paramedics. He was hospitalized for more than twenty-four hours.

Keywords: WRENCH, HEAD, METAL RAIL, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, WELDING, FALL, CONCUSSION, LOST BALANCE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126062801			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 3 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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