Accident Report Detail
Accident: 170840359 - Employee Falls From Stepladder And Becomes Paralyzed
Accident: 170840359 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 09/28/2001 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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125625475 | 10/03/2001 | 1521 | Bruce Johnston Construction, Inc. | ||||
On September 28, 2001, Employee #1 and a crew of employees were demolishing the existing roof structure over a converted sun porch by cutting it into sections, handing them down and carrying them to a debris truck. Two employees were on the roof, cutting. One employee was carrying sections out to the truck, and Employee #1 was on a stepladder handing down cut sections, each 3-feet by 3-feet. He was using a 10-foot Cuprum fiberglass stepladder. When a section hung up on an interior wall top plate, Employee #1 tried to free it. Once the section became free, it either hit the ladder or caused Employee #1 to lose his balance, falling off the ladder injuring his neck. The neck injury caused spinal cord damage and paralysis. Employee #1 was hospitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
paralysis, spine, stepladder, fall, neck, lost balance, contusion
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Single family or duplex dwelling | Demolition | Under $50,000 | 1 | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 125625475 | Hospitalized injury | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Carpenter apprentices | FallDist: FallHt:5 Cause: Demolition FatCause: Fall from/with ladder |