Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200924785 - Employee Falls and Sustaines Unspecified Injuries

Accident Summary Nr: 200924785 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 04/13/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311092571	04/24/2007	1761	238160	Haskell Contractors

Abstract: Employee #1 was a roofer working at a residential home site. Employee #1 was using an aluminum ladder-jack scaffold to access the roof of the house to install asphalt shingles. The roof measured approximately 14 ft at the caves and was pitched at 12-to-12. There were no witnesses to the fall. Employee #1 was not wearing a safety harness and lanyard, nor was he provided with guard railing at the edge of the roof. Employee #1 fell from the roof or the scaffold, suffering blunt injuries to his left chest, face and left ear. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: CHEST, ROOF, EAR, LADDER JACK SCAFFOLD, ROOFER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, FACE, UNGUARDED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Other		Under $50,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311092571			Hospitalized injury	Other	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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