Accident Report Detail
Accident: 100114.015 - Employee With Feet Entangled Jumps From Ladder And Fractures
Accident: 100114.015 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 10/03/2017 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1272510.015 | 10/24/2017 | Kanawha Valley Construction And Erection | |||||
At 10:00 a.m. on October 3, 2017, Employee #1, an iron worker employed by a cons truction company, was working at a commercial building site. As he climbed down a ladder while wearing a fall protection harness and lanyard, the lanyard becam e entangled around his feet. Employee #1 jumped off the ladder and fell to the concrete below, a fall height of approximately 20 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and t reated for fractures to both heels. | |||||||
Keywords:
construction, elevated work platform, entangled, fall, fall protection, foot, fracture, iron worker, ladder, lanyard
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | New project or new addition | 20 | |||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Construction | |
1 | 1272510.015 | 22 | M | Hospitalized injury | FallDist: 20 FallHt:20 Cause: FatCause: |