Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202457784 - Employee's Foot Is Struck by Ladder, Receives Fractures

Accident Summary Nr: 202457784 -- Report ID: 0950647 -- Event Date: 07/02/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313386435	07/11/2012	1629	237990	Kba Engineering Llc

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on July 2, 2012, Employee #1 and a coworker were disassembling a 28 ft steel fixed ladder on a pumping unit (Number 293). The upper two bolts were not secured. The employees disconnected the lower two bolts and the middle bolt. Employee #1 was standing on the ground at the bottom of the steel ladder. Employee #1 wiggled the ladder to assist the coworker with removing the middle bolt. As the middle bolt was removed, the ladder fell and struck Employee #1's foot. He received fractures of the left second, third, fourth and fifth metatarsals. Employee #1 was transported to a medical center, where he received treatment and was then hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, FIXED LADDER, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	28

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313386435			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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