Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200965226 - Employee injured in fall from ladder into empty pool

Accident Summary Nr: 200965226 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 05/17/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303592653	05/17/2000	1761	0	G&W Roofing Company, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was assigned to clean above a structural beam that extended directly above an empty swimming pool. He entered the pool to position an extension ladder against the beam so that he could see the top of it as he cleaned. Debris had recently fallen onto the beam when the company was demolishing the existing roof surface. Employee #1 was concerned over the somewhat rounded pool bottom and he had a coworker hold the base of the ladder, even though the feet of the ladder had been applied and it was at a proper pitch. Employee #1 was cleaning with one hand and holding the ladder with the other when he fell 11 ft onto the concrete pool bottom. He sustained a bruised left side and a bruised left kidney, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: EXTENSION LADDER, CLEANING, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, POOL, FALL, KIDNEY, CONTUSION, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	20	190

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303592653			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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