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Accident: 202540001 - Employee Is Paralyzed In Fall From Ladder
Accident: 202540001 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 12/09/2008 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 300869450 | 12/12/2008 | 1521 | Tso Construction Inc | ||||
| At approximately 11:00 a.m. on December 9, 2008, Employee #1, a construction laborer, was instructed to install a rain gutter along the roof edge of a two-story single family residence. He used a metal extension ladder to reach the work area, which measured at 18-feet high. While Employee #1 was standing on the ladder, installing rain gutters along the roof's edge, he fell. As Employee #1 fell, he struck his head against a corner of the first floor and then against the concrete floor below. Employee #1 was taken to UCLA Hospital, where he was hospitalized and treated for a spinal injury, causing paralysis. The incident investigation revealed that the lower part of ladder was tied but the upper section facing the second floor was not due the building was glassed in with paneling. Additionally, Employee #1 was not wearing any fall protection the ladder used was with missing a shoe. | |||||||
Keywords:
paralysis, building, spine, ladder, construction, equipment failure, back, fall, fall protection, tie-off
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Single family or duplex dwelling | Alteration or rehabilitation | $500,000 to $1,000,000 | 2 | 18 | |||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
| 1 | 300869450 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Construction laborers | FallDist: FallHt:15 Cause: Exterior carpentry FatCause: Fall from/with ladder |
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