Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116005.015 - Employee is killed in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 116005.015 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 04/25/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1398686.015	04/25/2019		238160	Sebastian Roofing

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on April 25, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a roofing company, was working at a multiemployer construction project, a new one-story building. He was working from a ladder and installing flashing on the roof. The ladder was unstable because it had been placed on an uneven concrete surface. The ladder tipped over, and Employee #1 fell, a fall height of approximately 5 feet. He became caught between the ladder and a retaining wall. Employee #1 sustained a traumatic head injury and was killed.

Keywords: Caught Between, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Head, Installing, Ladder, Roof, Roofer, Uneven Ground, Unstable Position, Unstable Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1398686.015	63	M	Fatality		Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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