Inspection Detail

Inspection: 302022835 - Leisure Construction Company

Inspection Information - Office: Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation Division Of Labor And Industry Maryland Occupational Safety And Health

Investigation Summary

Employee #1, a carpenter, was working from a ladder jack scaffold on a remodeling project at a private residence. One of the two ladders was fiberglass, the other was aluminum. The fiberglass ladder failed at the ladder guide rail brackets that joined the two sections of the ladder extension, causing Employee #1 to lose his balance and fall to the ground. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization. The equipment had been checked prior to use, the weight did not exceed the limit, and the scaffold had been properly set up. At the time this report was written, the cause of the ladder failure had not been determined.

Keywords: LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, LADDER JACK SCAFFOLD, FALL, LOST BALANCE, SCAFFOLD