Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201200664 - Employees Injured In Fall From Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201200664 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 09/16/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302725155	09/21/1999	1721	0	Dana P Steinhebel

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were part of a four-person crew painting an 18-ft high masonry wall. Employee #1 was approximately half way up a 14-ft aluminum orchard ladder and his coworkers were at ground level. One of the coworkers at ground level hit a leg of the orchard ladder knocking it over. Employee #1 on the ladder fell to ground with the ladder on top of him. One of the coworkers on the ground picked up the ladder and without looking threw it behind him. The ladder struck Employee #2 in the head knocking him down. Employee #1 sustained two broken ribs, a punctured lung and a fractured wrist, and was hospitalized. Employee #2 suffered a concussion and a broken leg and was treated but not hospitalized.

Keywords: LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, PAINT, FALL, STRUCK BY, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302725155			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Painters, construction and maintenance
2	302725155			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Painters, construction and maintenance

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