Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201202801 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201202801 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 02/08/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308036672	02/11/2005	2436	321212	Weyerhaeuser Company

Abstract: On February 8, 2005, Employee #1, a millwright with Weyerhaeuser Company, was repairing a veneer load turner (or "windmill"). After opening a circuit breaker and locking out the compressed air energy source, he climbed a stepladder and repaired an electric conductor. He then stepped from the turner to the stepladder and placed a hand on top of an air cylinder to prepare to descend. The air cylinder and upper jaw of the load turner rotated approximately 180 degrees and struck the ladder. Employee #1 then fell off the ladder onto an adjacent passageway. He was hospitalized for a back fracture.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROTATING PARTS, REPAIR, STEPLADDER, LADDER, DESCENDING, LOCKOUT, BACK, FALL, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	308036672			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Millwrights

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