Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202341749 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 202341749 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 01/23/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310692223	01/23/2007	3731	336611	Hudson Industrial Supply Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 was a welder temporarily brought in to assist in a tanker conversion. Employee #1 was using an arc welder to attach deck angle iron. Periodically Employee #1 had to adjust the resistance knobs. According to the only witness, Employee #1 stepped off the ladder and held onto metal angle iron (2.5 ft apart) to allow the witness to pass. Employee #1 apparently slipped and fell approximately 20 foot to his death.

Keywords: LADDER, SLIP, WELDER, ABRASION, FALL, ARC WELDING, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310692223			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Welders and cutters

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