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Accident: 116109.015 - Employee Lacerates Forehead In Fall During Roofing Work
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1398844.015 | 05/08/2019 | C R Garcia Roofing, Inc. |
At 2:11 p.m. on May 3, 2019, Employee #1 was assisting his employer, the owner o f a roofing company, during renovation work at a two-story single-family residen ce. The work involved climbing a scaffold constructed by another contractor. T he scaffold had no fixed ladder, lacked end rails, and was not fully planked on the first level. As Employee #1 attempted to climb onto the scaffold without us ing fall protection, he fell, a fall height of 10 feet, and struck the base of a palm tree decorated with rocks. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of a laceration and contusion of the forehea d.
Keywords:
blunt force trauma, climbing, contusion, fall, fall protection, forehead, laceration, rehabilitation, renovation, residential construction, rock, roof, scaffold, struck against, unguarded, unprotected, untrained
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single family or duplex dwelling | Alteration or rehabilitation | 2 | |||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1398844.015 | 65 | M | Hospitalized injury | Construction trades, n.e.c. |