Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201613262 - Employee Slips from Ladder and Fractures Back

Accident Summary Nr: 201613262 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 01/20/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310639554	01/26/2007	1761	238160	Antonio Garcia & Armando Garcia

Abstract: At approximately 2:30 p.m. on January 20, 2007, Employee #1 was cleaning up after installing a new residential roof. He placed a wheel barrow alongside the ladder he was using to collect roofing material and debris that he had piled up in the roof valley. He was approximately 12.58 ft high. While descending the ladder, he slipped and fell onto the wheel barrow and sustained three fractures to his back. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, LADDER, SLIP, BACK, ROOFER, FALL, WHEEL LOADER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310639554			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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