Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200742211 - Employee Fractures Both Legs in Fall from Unsecured Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 200742211 -- Report ID: 0213100 -- Event Date: 03/14/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310520523	05/01/2007	1761	238160	J & A Roofing Co. Inc.

Abstract: Two employees were sent to the job site to patch a leaking shingled roof. A 24-ft fiberglass extension ladder was placed on the eave side of the building, leaning against the aluminum gutter system. The foreman went up the ladder to the roof and started to check out the work area. Employee #1 immediately followed the foreman up the ladder. Employee #1 was carrying a 5-gallon bucket of tar. When Employee #1 went to swing it up on to the roof, the ladder slid on the gutter system and Employee #1 fell approximately15 ft to the concrete pavement, breaking both legs. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, UNSECURED, LADDER, SLIP, ROOFER, FALL, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	2	18

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310520523			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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