Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200965101 - Employee injures back in fall with ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 200965101 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 02/02/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303268437	02/02/2000	1521	0	M. Lynn Crockett & Son, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was ascending a 20 ft extension ladder to access the roof of a house on which he was installing a section of pipe. The owner of the ladder, a subcontractor, had placed it on the deck in back of the house and was using it to install drip molding in the eaves of an 8 1/2 ft high gazebo. The subcontractor had left briefly to retrieve some materials; as he returned, he saw Employee #1 step onto the top rung of the ladder as it rested against the edge of the roof. The ladder slipped out and fell onto the deck. Employee #1 landed on top of the ladder, suffering a bruised back. The ladder had been placed properly by the subcontractor for the job he was doing, but the temperature at the time of the accident was 28 degrees F and the freezing conditions had caused the rubber feet of the ladder to harden and lose friction. In addition, the deck was composed of a low-density polyethylene compound called TekDek, that tends to harden and become more slippery in cold temperatures.

Keywords: EXTENSION LADDER, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, FALL, SLIPPERY SURFACE, FROZEN, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	2	8

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303268437			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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