Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201482429 - Employee Fell 18 Feet From Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201482429 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 07/23/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125805077	11/10/1999	1791	0	Burch Tank

Abstract: At 7:00 a.m. on July 23, 1999, Employee #1 was standing on a 24-foot extension ladder driving steel bolts into the side of a 32-foot metal water tank. The footing of the ladder was place on the concrete floor. The ladder slipped and Employee #1 fell 18 feet onto the concrete floor. Employee #1 sustained an injury to his spinal column.

Keywords: STEEL, SPINE, LADDER, BACK, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125805077			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Bolting-Up/Detail Work Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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