Inspection Detail

Inspection: 1966209 - Anderson Construction Co

Inspection Information - Office: Jackson Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1966209

Report ID: 0419400

Date Opened: 10/31/1984

Site Address:
Anderson Construction Co
Woolfolk Bldg West St
Jackson, MS 39216

Mailing Address:
Po Box 22788, Jackson, MS 39205

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1542

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Planned

Scope: No Insp/Out of Business

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/31/1984

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/31/1984

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170384234

Event: 10/31/1984

Five employees injured in fall from ladder

Employees #1, #2, #3, #4, and #5 were climbing up a 60 foot metal portable ladder to a platform in blast furnace #6 at U.S. Steel. The ladder, which was not tied off at the top, bowed and slipped down and out of the work platform opening. It threw all 5 employees to the bottom of the blast furnace. Employees #2 through #5 were hospitalized and Employee #1 was not hospitalized.

Keywords: UNSECURED, SLIP, BLAST FURNACE, CONSTRUCTION, METAL LADDER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1966209	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers
2	1966209	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers
3	1966209	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers
4	1966209	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers
5	1966209	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers

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