Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 132609.015 - Employee falls with ladder, fractures arm and leg

Accident Summary Nr: 132609.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 01/18/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1511144.015	01/26/2021		238160	New Era Phase Roofing, Partnership Raul Aguirre Gonzalez , And Adrian De Lara

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on January 18, 2021, Employee #1, a driver/laborer employed by a roofing contractor, was working at the site of a one-story apartment building where the employer had contracted to remove the existing roof and install a new roof covering. The employee set up a portable 24-foot Werner aluminum extension ladder, Model No D1524-2, for access to the roof. As he attempted to ascend the ladder, it slipped, and both Employee and ladder fell to the concrete surface, a fall height of approximately 7 to 9 feet. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of a fractured left arm and fractured left leg.

Keywords: Arm, Blunt force trauma, Concrete, Demolition, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Installing, Leg, Rehabilitation, Repair, Residential Construction, Roof, Roofer, Slip, Struck Against, Unsecured, Untrained

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Maintenance or repair			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1511144.015	56	M	Hospitalized injury		Truck drivers, light	Distance of Fall: 9 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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