Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 887968 - EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL FROM JOB MADE LADDER

Accident Summary Nr: 887968 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 07/03/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108432139	07/10/1989	1541	0	M A Bongiovanni, Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on July 10, 1989, Employee #1 was doing formwork in clarifier number 1. Employee #1 left his workstation and started to climb out of the clarifier on an unsecured job made ladder. The ladder slipped and Employee #1 lost his footing, fell over the side of the wall into the clarifier and landed on a concrete slab approx 14 .5 ft below. Guardrails were not installed to prevent a fall at the edge of the clarifier wall. Employee #1 was transported by helicopter to a local shock-trauma center. He received multiple injuries to his entire body.

Keywords: UNSECURED, LADDER, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108432139			Hospitalized injury	Other	Carpenters

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