Accident: 170205199 - Dies After Fall From Ladder

At approximately 1:07 p.m. on November 30, 2000, Employee #1, a window cleaner, was using a 24 ft portable, metal extension ladder to wash the courtyard windows on the first floor of a building in San Francisco. The ladder was extended between 15 and 16 ft. A coworker was holding the ladder while Employee #1 washed the windows. Employee #1 then asked for some towels, and the coworker left his position and walked approximately two steps to get them. During this time when the ladder was not being held, Employee #1 lost his balance and fell 14 ft to the ground. He was transported to the trauma center at San Francisco General Hospital, where he was declared brain dead. Employee #1 died at 7:07 p.m. on December 1, 2000. The employer was cited for a violation of T8CCR 1675(j), concerning ladder use and safety.

window washer, ladder, work rules, unsecured, extension ladder, fall, metal ladder, unstable position

Accident: 119947943 - Injured In Fall From Ladder

At approximately 10:54 a.m. on October 17, 2000, Employee #1, an electrician employed by Thomas J. Buse Electrical Contractor, Riverside, was repairing a parking lot light stanchion in Redlands. After changing the light fixture ballast, he was climbing down the ladder when he fell approximately 8 to 10 ft. He sustained a fractured pelvis. Employee #1 was transported to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, where he was hospitalized for seven days.

electrician, back, fracture, pelvis, fall, ladder, descending, repair

Accident: 100101450 - Dies Of Apparent Heart Attack

At approximately 2:00 p.m. on September 13, 2000, Employee #1 was replacing a bearing in an exhaust system when he suffered an apparent heart attack and fell from the ladder on which he was working. He was killed.

construction, ladder, heart attack, fall, heart

Accident: 170007454 - Injured In Fall From Ladder

At approximately 4:30 p.m. on September 12, 2000, Employee #1 fell from a ladder. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

fall, construction, fall protection, work rules, ladder

Accident: 120308267 - Injured In Fall With Purlin Beam

Employee #1 worked for a heavy construction contractor who built freeway overpasses. He was preparing to descend a ladder to a lower level at an overpass project when he stepped on a purlin beam instead of the ladder rung. The beam was not designed to be a weight-bearing support; it failed under Employee #1's weight and he fell approximately 10 ft. He sustained injuries that included a spine fracture at the L-1 level, two fractured ribs on his left side, a ruptured spleen, and a concussion.

construction, head, beam, fall, descending, ladder, fracture, spine, unstable position, concussion