Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201353463 - Employee injured in fall when ladder slips, later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 201353463 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 09/25/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310033402	10/11/2007	1542	236220	Royal American Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: On September 13, 2007, Employee #1 was part of a crew that was caulking, painting, and performing other work at an apartment complex. Employee #1 was painting a guardrail that was located on the second level breezeway of a building. The floor of the breezeway was about 9 ft 9 in. above the ground. Employee #1 was using a ladder to paint the outer surfaces of the rail system. The ladder was the top half of a Louisville 24 ft extension ladder, and the portion of the separated extension ladder that he was using did not have slip-resistant feet. He was working from the ladder when the feet apparently slipped out. Employee #1 fell to the ground and sustained several lacerations on his extremities and chest. He was transported to a local hospital, where he died on September 25, 2007, from complications of multiple blunt trauma.

Keywords: EXTENSION LADDER, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, LADDER, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, FALL, BRACING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310033402			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Hand painting, coating and decorating occupations	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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