Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201611506 - Employee Killed In A Fall From Ladder And Impalement

Accident Summary Nr: 201611506 -- Report ID: 1054118 -- Event Date: 11/04/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302683768	11/04/1999	1611	0	Mike Torgeson Trucking Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was carrying a 49-pound bucket loaded with rocks and debris. Employee #1 slipped and fell from the internal ladder in the manhole and was impaled on a wooden stake that he was carrying in the bucket. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: IMPALED, LADDER, SLIP, STAKES, FALL, MANHOLE, PUNCTURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1	10	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302683768			Fatality	Puncture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Installing underground plumbing conduit Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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