Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201490372 - Employee injured in fall when cow knocks over ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201490372 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 02/14/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310824909	03/10/2008	1541	236210	Riezebos Construction Inc

Abstract: At 10:45 a.m. on February 14, 2008, Employee #1, a plumbing specialist for Riezebos Construction, Inc., was on a ladder installing PVC piping in the ceiling of a dairy barn when a cow bumped into his ladder. The ladder overturned and Employee #1 fell to the floor of the barn. He sustained head trauma, either from striking against the concrete barn wall as he fell, or when he struck the floor. Employee #1 was transported to Kaweah Delta Hospital in Visalia, CA, where he was admitted for treatment.

Keywords: HEAD, INSTALLING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, LADDER, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, BULL, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310824909			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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