Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202362067 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Sinking Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 202362067 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 07/07/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310051263	07/07/2006	1761	238390	Builder Services Group, Inc.

Abstract: On July 7, 2006, Employee #1 was installing gutters on the front of a newly constructed home. He was working from a 20-ft extension ladder. The ladder became unstable when one of the feet on the ladder sank into the ground. Employee #1 was injured when he and the ladder fell approximately 13 ft 9 in. to the concrete steps below. Employee #1 was hospitalized for four fractured ribs, a laceration to the right temple, a lacerated liver, and a fractured nasal cavity.

Keywords: FRACTURE, EXTENSION LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, LIVER, LACERATION, RIB, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310051263			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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