Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201505682 - Employee Sustains Concussion, More Injuries in Fall Off Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 201505682 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 04/18/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307337279	04/19/2005	1521	236115	Fortier Builders

Abstract: On April 18, 2005, Employee #1 and two coworkers were demolishing a residential chimney. They had erected a scaffold, but it did not let them safely reach the top of the chimney from the chimney's front. The two coworkers proceeded with other tasks inside the house, leaving Employee #1 to work alone. Attempting to gain access from the rear of the house, he set up an extension ladder on the roof of a porch. That roof had a pitch of 4-in-12. When he climbed the ladder, it slipped. He fell to the ground, sustaining injuries to his right hand, left wrist, and head, including a concussion. He was hospitalized. His employer is a new firm, and the firm's owner had been meeting with a safety consultant to develop an "IIPP" - an Illness and Injury Prevention Program, required by California law.

Keywords: HEAD, ROOF, LADDER, FALL, CONCUSSION, CHIMNEY, HAND, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307337279			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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