Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201172301 - Employee's Leg Is Impaled on Steel Stake in Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 201172301 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 07/26/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120154000	07/31/2002	1721	0	Harriet Anderson Painting Inc

Abstract: On July 26, 2002, Employee #1, of Harriet Anderson Painting, was standing on the third rung of a 6 ft stepladder, covering the windows of a college auditorium with 1/8 in. plywood to protect them while the old paint was sandblasted from the exterior walls. The ladder was leaning against the exterior wall and stood about 6 in. away from a steel fence stake that was supporting an adjacent tree. Employee #1 was drilling a hole in the plywood so he could secure it with tie wire to the deco block window covering. He was pushing on the drill when the ladder base slipped out and he fell approximately 34 in. to the ground, impaling his left upper thigh on the steel stake. The site foreman was the first to respond and called 911. Employee #1 was hospitalized at U.C. Davis Medical Center in Sacramento for treatment of the puncture.

Keywords: IMPALED, UNSECURED, LADDER, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, PAINTER, LEG, PUNCTURE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	2	12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120154000			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Installing windows and doors, glazing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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