Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201096245 - Employee injured in fall from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201096245 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 12/09/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300814209	12/16/2002	1761	0	Jag Construction

Abstract: About 10:45 a.m. on December 9, 2002, Employee #1 of JAG Construction in Grover Beach, California, was to install a skylight in the second-story roof. He set a ladder on the first-floor roof to access the second-story roof. Employee #1 climbed the ladder and as he reached the top, the ladder slipped. He fell to the ground and sustained torn tendons in the right knee and wrist and a puncture injury to his right side. Employee #1 was hospitalized for observation at Sierra Vista Medical Center in San Luis Obispo, California. Employee #1 did not secure the ladder.

Keywords: KNEE, SKYLIGHT, TENDON, ROOF, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, PUNCTURE, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	2	29

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300814209			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 1 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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