Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202339529 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 202339529 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 07/08/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305550923	07/08/2002	1761	0	Rick Potter

Abstract: On July 8, 2002, Employee #1, a carpenter, was replacing siding around the top of a chimney approximately 25 feet above a wooden deck. The employee slipped off the ladder he was working from and fell to the deck. Employee #1 injured his back and rib and fractured his right ankle. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CARPENTER, PINNED, LADDER, RIB, CHIMNEY, HIP, ANKLE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		$500,000 to $1,000,000	3	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305550923			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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