Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201180916 - Employee injured in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201180916 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 12/13/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125613414	12/18/2001	1711	0	J. W. Mcclenahan Co.

Abstract: At approximately 9:15 a.m. on December 13, 2001, Employee #1, working as a plumber for Jim McClanahan Co., was climbing up a 6-foot A-type metal ladder to connect a 4-inch no-hub coupling in an 8-foot ceiling pipe, when his foot slipped off the second or third rung of the ladder. He fell back and was injured when his leg was caught between two rungs of the ladder.

Keywords: STEPLADDER, LADDER, SLIP, CAUGHT BETWEEN, FALL, PIPE, PLUMBING, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	9	54

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125613414			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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