Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201172020 - Employee Falls from Ladder and Is Impaled

Accident Summary Nr: 201172020 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 07/11/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120151543	07/11/2002	1796	0	Thyssen Krupp Elevator

Abstract: On July 11, 2002, Employee #1 was installing a new elevator sling from the ground level. Employee #1 was standing on the fourth rung of an 8-ft ladder at a height of approximately 45 in. and was using wrench to tighten the bolts on the new elevator sling. The wrench slipped off one of the bolts causing Employee #1 to fall off the ladder and land on a metal access ladder leading to the elevator pit. The metal access ladder had an exposed end of approximately 5.5 in. that impaled him. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital and died upon arrival.

Keywords: WRENCH, IMPALED, LADDER, FALL, ELEVATOR, ELEVATOR SHAFT, PUNCTURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	5	19	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120151543			Fatality	Puncture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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