Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202362943 - Employee Falls from Ladder in Tower and Receives Fractures

Accident Summary Nr: 202362943 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 04/26/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309934503	04/28/2006	1721	238320	American Suncraft Construction Co Inc

Abstract: On April 26, 2006, Employee #1, a foreman, and a water tower painter, were positioned at the top riser of a ladder on the interior of the water tower. Employee #1 was not wearing any type of fall protection. He placed one half of an extension ladder on the steel ring at the top of the riser, which was approximately 6-in. wide. He used the upper portion of the ladder and placed the rounded ends of the ladder on the steel ring. The ladder slipped, and he fell approximately 36 ft to the concrete between the dry tube and the outer wall of the riser, which was a space of approximately 42-in. He sustained multiple fractures of the upper arm, the upper portion of the femur, and the pelvis. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, EXTENSION LADDER, LADDER, STRUCK AGAINST, PELVIS, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ARM, TOWER, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000	2	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309934503			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 36 feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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