Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202457628 - Employee Is Injured In Fall From Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 202457628 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 01/09/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313385940	02/02/2012	1791	238120	Paradigm Steel Fabricators Inc

Abstract: On January 9, 2012, Employee #1, a welder, had been working for approximately 20 to 30 minutes welding a steel trellis section at 16 feet high. He was using a 6 to 8 foot step ladder to perform the job. The ladder was placed on a 10 to 13 inches high cinder block wall and it was leaned against the column that was supporting the horizontal member of the trellis. The base of the wall was not wide enough to use the step ladder in an open position and its height was not high enough to allow the employee to safety reach the 16-foot high section he needed to weld. While descending the ladder, he fell 10 feet 3 inches onto the concrete floor. He suffered a fracture to the left arm and wrist, two fractured ribs, and lumbar vertebrae fractures and sprains.

Keywords: stepladder, rib, fall, arm, vertebra, concrete, sprain, wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	1	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313385940			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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