Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202494134 - Worker Installling Flue Is Killed in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 202494134 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 07/28/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314739046	07/28/2010	1711	238220	Sure Heet Chimney Repair And Cleaning Company Inc.

Abstract: On July 28, 2010, Employee #1 was removing a flue and installing a replacement flue, a job that takes one day. The old flue had been removed and the new flue had been fastened to an exterior wall. Only the cap remained to be added. Employee #1 was climbing an exterior permanent (fixed) fire escape ladder to give a hand tool, a non-battery-powered screwdriver, to a coworker who was standing on a landing. When Employee #1 reached the top of the ladder, he inexplicably fell backward. His leg caught on the railing of the lower fire escape level, and he flipped and fell headfirst. In all, he fell three stories to the concrete below. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Keywords: HEAD, MAINTENANCE, LADDER, STRUCK AGAINST, HEAT EXCHANGER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, LOST BALANCE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314739046			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 3 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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