Safety Alert
Serious Injury Results from Fall from Ladder
Serious Injury Results from Fall from Ladder
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 07-11
- Working at Height
- Falls from heightSlips, trips and falls
- Electrical workInspection and maintenanceWorking at height
- Hand toolsLadder
Summary
A worker maintaining light fittings fell while descending an extension ladder with tools in both hands and only a fingertip grip. His foot slipped from a rung and he could not retain his hold. He landed on his buttocks, struck his head, lost consciousness and fractured four lower-back vertebrae.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Electrical work; electrical maintenance.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Classifications: Ladder; ladders.
Summary
The injured person (IP) was involved in a maintenance campaign on light fittings.
IADC Alert 07-11. Themes: working at height.