Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201202009 - Employee Falls When Step Ladder Slips

Accident Summary Nr: 201202009 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 08/22/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305733677	09/17/2002	1742	0	Oregon Drywall Systems Inc

Abstract: On August 22, 2002, Employee #1, a supervisor, erected a Bakers Scaffold. He put a wooden, 8 ft stepladder with a 25-in. base on the 30-in. wide scaffold plank. He kept the stepladder closed and leaned it up into a skylight that he had been working on. He climbed approximately halfway up the ladder when it slipped and he fell between 14 and 15 ft onto the concrete surface. He sustained a fractured pelvis; several fractured vertebrae, and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, STEPLADDER, WORK RULES, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, PELVIS, FALL, VERTEBRA, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	15

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305733677			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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