Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 780189 - Employee suffers multiple injuries in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 780189 -- Report ID: 0953210 -- Event Date: 11/01/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111202917	12/05/1989	1711	0	Sierra Air Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was descending from the second floor to the first floor. A 16 foot stepladder was stored leaning against the block wall just below the hole that accommodates the fireman's pole. Before the installation of a stairway, this was the means of ascending and descending to and from the second level. Employee #1 stepped on the ladder, but it fell from under him, and he fell 15 feet to the concrete floor. Employee #1 suffered multiple fractures to his left arm, fractures of the second digit on his right foot, torn chest cartilage, and a laceration on the index finger of his right hand.

Keywords: CHEST, FRACTURE, UNSECURED, STEPLADDER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, DESCENDING, FALL, ARM, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111202917			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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