Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201169471 - Employee injured in fall when stepladder overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 201169471 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 08/31/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126201144	09/07/2007	1542	236220	Tiller Constructors

Abstract: On August 31, 2007, Employee #1, an electrical contractor, was engaged in electrical work for the conversion of a hospital into an office building. He used a Husky 8 ft fiberglass A-frame stepladder to access a 10 ft 3 in. high support plank from which he was working. As he began to descend to connect his electric drill, he sat down on the plank and tested the top of step of the ladder. He had put his weight on the top cap of the ladder when it suddenly fell away. Employee #1 lost his balance and fell with the ladder, landing on a rough surface. He fractured his left elbow and right wrist. There was no firm handhold for Employee #1 to use when he needed to stand on the top cap of the stepladder to descend from the platform.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STEPLADDER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, DESCENDING, HANDRAIL, FALL, ELBOW, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	18

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126201144			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electricians' apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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