Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202312898 - Employee falls from a ladder and is hospitalized

Accident Summary Nr: 202312898 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 11/22/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125559799	01/10/2001	1629	0	Granite Construction Co., Inc

Abstract: At approximately 11:15 a.m. on November 22, 2000, an employee was installing a deflector plate in a baghouse (dust collector). He was working from a fixed ladder, about 5 to 7 feet above a grated metal floor. He was standing slightly below and to the left of another deflector plate. The weld that was holding that deflector in place suddenly broke loose. The deflector swung downward and struck the employee on or about the head area. He fell unconscious, lost his balance, and fell off the ladder to the grated flooring. He then struck his head on the angle iron at the base of the ladder. The employee was hospitalized with an unspecified fracture.

Keywords: HEAD, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, LADDER, STRUCK AGAINST, DUST COLLECTOR, FIXED LADDER, FALL, STRUCK BY, LOST BALANCE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3	36

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125559799			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Machine operators, not specified	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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