Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 959759 - Employee injured in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 959759 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 08/23/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111865390	08/29/1991	7312	0	Gannett Outdoor

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on August 25, 1991, Employee #1 was using a specially-designed extension ladder to post a billboard in Sacramento. Instead of securing the ladder to the platform at the bottom of the billboard, Employee #1 used a device to tie the base section of the ladder to the top section, which hooks over the top of the billboard. The tie holding the two sections of the ladder came loose, and Employee #1 and the bottom section of the ladder fell 22 ft to the ground. Employee #1 suffered a broken foot and two compression fractures of the spine.

Keywords: FRACTURE, EXTENSION LADDER, SPINE, LADDER, FALL, ADVERTISING SIGN, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111865390			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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