Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 306022948 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 306022948 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 10/18/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306022948	10/19/2004	1521	236115	Steve Otte Construction

Abstract: Employee #1 was engaged in residential construction activities (framing a new construction). Employee #1 was accessing to the second floor level of the new construction using a 6-ft step ladder. The second floor level was approximately 8 ft above the floor level. Employee #1 stood on the top of the step ladder and pulled himself up to the level by grabbing a stud already in place and pulling himself to the level. The stud came undone and Employee #1 fell from the top of the step ladder to the floor level and then fell through an unprotected floor opening to the basement level approximately 10 ft below the floor level. Employee #1 injured his knee and elbow from the fall and was hospitalized.

Keywords: KNEE, STEPLADDER, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, ABRASION, FALL, FLOOR OPENING, ELBOW, UNGUARDED, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306022948			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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