Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 992867 - Employee injured in fall from extension ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 992867 -- Report ID: 0253630 -- Event Date: 11/11/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104726989	11/12/1987	4952	0	Tonawanda Tn Wwtp

Abstract: On 8:15 a.m. on November 11, 1984, Employee #1 and a coworker were preparing to clean the bottom of a sludge tank. A metal extension ladder had been placed in the tank, but the top of the ladder had not been tied off. The coworker left. Employee #1 climbed over the tank rail and onto the ladder. The ladder slipped, and he fell 23 feet to the bottom of the tank, fracturing his left hip and injuring his left heel and left forearm. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: FRACTURE, EXTENSION LADDER, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, FOREARM, METAL LADDER, FALL, TANK, HIP, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104726989			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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