Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201169588 - Employee injured in fall climbing ladder fixed on scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201169588 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 09/28/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126201177	10/05/2007	1799	238320	A&D Plastering/Barrett Business Service Inc

Abstract: On September 28, 2007, Employee #1, a plasterer, was working at a 27 ft tall residence under construction. He was climbing a ladder that was fixed on a scaffold, holding onto the ladder with one hand and carrying a metal greaser in the other. Employee #1 lost his grip and fell approximately 13 ft to the ground. He sustained a compression fracture to his L2 lumbar vertebra and was hospitalized for four days. The main causal factor in this accident was Employee #1's failure to use both hands while climbing the ladder.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, FIXED LADDER, FALL, LOST BALANCE, VERTEBRA, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	27

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126201177			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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