Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201270618 - Employee falls from ladder dies

Accident Summary Nr: 201270618 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 11/23/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302317870	12/02/1998	1761	0	Messersmith Roofing, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 descended a 16-ft aluminum ladder from a 10-ft-high flat roof when he fell and struck his head on a concrete surface and died.

Keywords: HEAD, ROOF, LADDER, STRUCK AGAINST, ROOFER, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	10	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302317870			Fatality	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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