Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170873152 - Employee falls off roof and crushes his pelvis

Accident Summary Nr: 170873152 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 03/28/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120150651	04/30/2002	1761	0	Petersen-Dean Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m. on March 28, 2002, Employee #1, a roofing foreman for Petersen-Dean, Inc. was working alone setting up a ladder to gain access to a garage roof, to trim several roofing tiles which were overhanging the rain gutter. The driveway in front of the garage was concrete and sloped away from the garage. To cut the tiles, he was carrying a large gas powered cut-off saw. When Employee #1 climbed up, the bottom slipped out just as he was attempting to step onto the garage roof. The ladder acted like a teeter totter when the employee's weight got above the pivot point of the roof edge. Employee #1 fell 9 ft 7 in. to the ground. First aid was provided by local fire department paramedics, before transporting Employee #1 by ambulance to the U.C. Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California, where he was treated for a broken pelvis.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, LADDER, SLIP, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	8

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120150651			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 7 feet Cause: Landscaping Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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