Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201853819 - Employee falls from improper use of a ladder and dies

Accident Summary Nr: 201853819 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 02/07/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304293632	02/08/2002	8211	611110	Woodland Middle School

Abstract: Employee #1, a night custodian, was hanging a frame in the cafeteria. He made a scaffold out of two 10 ft ladders and a board. He then placed another ladder on the board. While climbing the top ladder the configuration collapsed. He fell 13 ft fracturing his skull. He was hospitalized and died the next day.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LADDER, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, SKULL, FALL, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	304293632			Fatality	Fracture	Janitors and cleaners

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