Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201770898 - Employee's head injured in fall from water tower ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201770898 -- Report ID: 0213900 -- Event Date: 02/29/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302714126	03/01/2000	1741	0	Precision Communication & Tower

Abstract: Employee #1 was on a crew installing cellular telephone antennae and cables on a water tower. He was climbing a ladder on the interior of the tower when he fell 50 ft and suffered a deep laceration on the back of his head and a concussion.

Keywords: HEAD, INSTALLING, WATER TOWER, TELECOM WORK, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, FALL, CONCUSSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		New project or new addition		Under $50,000		124

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302714126			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Telephone line installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 120 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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