Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201043692 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201043692 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 03/20/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311640502	03/20/2008	1731	238210	Bombard Electric Company, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311640510	03/20/2008	1542	236220	Station Construction, Llc

Abstract: At approximately 1:45 p.m. on March 20, 2008, Employee # 1, Apprentice Electrician was setting anchors in a 16 ft. ceiling while on a 16 ft. extension ladder, Model Number P/N9111460. Employee #1 was setting the anchors in ceiling of the cafe to secure a metal clad electrical conduit. Employee #1 fed the fly section of the ladder through an opening between two strips of drywall channel, or hat track. After Employee #1 placed the ladder, he started to ascend the ladder approximately 10 ft. from the floor, where his waist met the level of the hat track. Employee #1 set his tools to the side to secure the top of the ladder to the piping. As Employee #1 was attempting to secure the ladder, the bottom of the ladder fly slid out from under him. Employee #1 fell onto the hat track. Employee #1 was suspended on the hat track until it collapsed and Employee #1 fell to the surface below. Employee #1 sustained a deep laceration to his arm. Employee #1 received immediate from his coworkers until emergency personnel arrived. Employee #1 was hospitalized and treated for his injuries.

Keywords: ANCHOR, CONDUIT, SLIP, LACERATION, EXTENSION LADDER, CEILING, ELECTRICIAN, FALL, ARM

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	16

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311640502			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder
2	311640510					Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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