Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201635984 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201635984 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 06/02/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309831097	06/06/2006	1761	238160	Donald M Abel

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on June 2, 2006, Employee #1 was setting up to repair a vent cover on a residential roof, which measured approximately 8 ft from the ground to the eave. While he was climbing from a ladder to the roof, the ladder slid along the gutter and he fell approximately 6 ft to a concrete sidewalk. Employee #1 was hospitalized for a fractured pelvis, a fractured left femur, and a bladder injury. The conditions were wet at the time of the accident.

Keywords: FRACTURE, REPAIR, ROOF, VENTILATION, UNSECURED, LADDER, PELVIS, BLADDER, SLIPPERY SURFACE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	8

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309831097			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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