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Accident: 131205.015 - Employee Is Killed In Fall From Ladder
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1502756.015 | 11/12/2020 | Pete'S Roofing |
At 1:00 p.m. on June 29, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a roofing contractor, wa s engaged in roofing repair work at a three-story residence. He was attempting to climb a ladder that was set up improperly, with the ladder's feet sitting on previously removed roofing debris and the ladder braced against a ladder pick. The ladder slipped on the debris, and the employee fell, first landing face down on the porch roof, then rolling off the porch roof and falling into bushes. T he employee, who fell a total of 22 feet and sustained a severe cervical spine i njury, was killed.
Keywords:
blunt force trauma, climbing on ladder, face, fall, fall protection, falling object, neck, repair, residential construction, roof, roofer, slip, spine, struck against, unsecured, unstable position
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other building | Other | 3 | X | ||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1502756.015 | 51 | M | Fatality | Roofers | FallDist: 22 FallHt:22 Cause: Roofing FatCause: |