Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202359048 - Iron Worker Is Injured in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 202359048 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 12/22/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310638200	12/22/2006	1791	238120	Acm Erectors Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, a journeyman iron worker, climbed a Green Bull 12-foot stepladder to access the top of a steel I-beam that was 14 feet 5 inches above a concrete slab, to install a diagonal cable to plumb two columns. The top of the stepladder was only 3 inches above the bottom flange of the I-beam that he was accessing, and 7.5 inches below the bottom flange of a nearby I-beam that was adjacent to it. As the employee tried to access the I-beam, the ladder tipped over and the employee fell to the ground. He sustained a laceration to his head, a fractured right ankle, a fractured right hip, and a fractured and dislocated right shoulder. He was transported to St. Agnes Hospital and then to MD Shock Trauma, where he was hospitalized. Further investigation revealed that the top of the ladder did not extend at least 3 feet above an upper surface being accessed, nor was the top of the ladder secured against movement. In addition, the top step of the stepladder was used by the employee as a step.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STEEL BEAM, UNSECURED, IRON WORKER, STEPLADDER, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, HIP, ANKLE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	14

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310638200			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Plumbing-Up Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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