Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202458345 - Employee Falls from Ladder and Sustains Multiple Fractures

Accident Summary Nr: 202458345 -- Report ID: 0950647 -- Event Date: 06/04/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316980093	06/27/2013	1731	238210	Wise Electric & Communications Inc

Abstract: At approximately 3:00 p.m. on June 4, 2013, Employee #1, of Wise Electric & Communications Inc., was seriously injured when he fell from a fixed ladder. On the day of the accident, Employee #1 and #2 were lowering tools and equipment into the MCC Vault in preparation for work the following day. Employee #1 was descending a steel fixed ladder attached to a concrete wall, and lost his grip and fell approximately 10 feet to 12 feet to a concrete floor below. The equipment was a steel fixed ladder of approximately 15 feet in length. The ladder was 6 inches from the wall. The ladder rung spacing was 12 inches. The ladder rung thickness was 0.875 inch in diameter. The inside distance of the steel ladder from upright to upright was 18 inches. Employee #1 sustained a fractured collar bone, cracked ribs, and laceration to the back of his head.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, LADDER, LACERATION, RIB, FALL

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	316980093			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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