Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201148368 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Roof with Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201148368 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 08/17/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309296820	11/02/2006	1742	238310	Walldesign Inc

Abstract: On August 17, 2006, Employee #1 was finishing stucco work on the chimney-top of a 2-story home. He obtained a 24-foot extension ladder and used one 12-foot section to access the top of the garage. He then placed the second 12-foot section on top of the sloped roof of the garage that had been roofed with round tiles. He was halfway up the ladder, when he and the ladder slid off the roof. He first hit the top of the garage and then fell approximately 10 feet, 8 inches to the ground. He suffered a fractured foot and a fractured skull and was hospitalized for 29 days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, SKULL, FALL, CHIMNEY, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309296820			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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