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Accident Summary Nr: 158141.015 - Employee is killed from head trauma in fall off ladder from

Accident Summary Nr: 158141.015 -- Report ID: 0419730 -- Event Date: 07/17/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1683731.015	07/18/2023		238160	Z-Roofing & Waterproofing, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:40 p.m. on July 17, 2023, an employee working as a roofer with a roofing contractor crew was working on a roof of a commercial building. The crew saw bad weather moving in and started to come off the roof. They were bringing down 5-gallon buckets of silicone by descending an aluminum extension ladder while carrying the buckets. The employee and the ladder fell to the left and the employee struck his head on the concrete floor. The employee died from head injuries from impact with the floor.

Keywords: Bucket , Commercial Building, Construction, Descending Ladder, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Head, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Engineering Controls, Ladder, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Roof, Roofer, Unstable Load, Weather

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1683731.015	59	M	Fatality		Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Waterproofing Fatality Cause:

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