Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201281474 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Extension Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201281474 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 09/03/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304632425	09/06/2002	1711	0	Aircond Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 6:00 p.m. on September 3, 2002, Employee #1 was going to install a new condenser fan and capacitor on the rooftop air conditioning unit at a shoe store in Duluth, Georgia. He was ascending a 32 ft tall aluminum extension ladder to secure it with a rubber bungee cord to the building parapet when either the ladder or Employee #1 became unstable. He fell approximately 20 ft on the grass and was killed.

Keywords: EXTENSION LADDER, FAN, INSTALLING, UNSECURED, AIR CONDITIONER, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, METAL LADDER, FALL, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	25	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304632425			Fatality	Other	Helpers, mechanics and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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