Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201800240 - Employee Is Injured When He Falls from a Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 201800240 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 08/02/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119827962	08/18/2005	7349	561790	Orange Coast Window Maintenance Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 9:57 a.m. on August 2, 2005, Employee #1 was assigned to clean exterior windows including a skylight of a three story building using a Tucker Pole System. It was not possible to clean the skylight from the ground level because of the bushes and trees around the area. Employee #1 went to the second floor and climbed over to the roof area. He was not using any fall arrest or restraint system. He fell and was able to break his fall by grabbing the limbs of a tree. He was hospitalized for face soreness and lacerations to his nose.

Keywords: SKYLIGHT, WINDOW WASHER, ROOF, CLEANING, NOSE, TREE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, FACE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119827962					Occupation not reported

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