Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 781641 - Employee dies in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 781641 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 02/17/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124596909	02/21/1995	2911	0	Ashland Inc #2 Refinery

Abstract: Employee #1 was on an 8 ft 1 in. fixed metal ladder, coming from an elevated walkway (25 ft 2 in. above ground) down to a landing. The fixed ladder led to a 16 ft 8 in. ladder to the ground. Employee #1 fell from the first ladder to the landing railing, which he flipped over, and fell to the concrete base of the tank to which the landing was connected. Employee #1 died.

Keywords: LADDER, WALK PLATFORM, DESCENDING, FIXED LADDER, FALL, CONCRETE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124596909			Fatality	Fracture	Miscellaneous plant and system operators

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