Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202447280 - Employee injured in backward fall while descending stepladde

Accident Summary Nr: 202447280 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 11/16/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310601414	01/08/2008	1761	238390	Ryco Metal Works Inc

Abstract: At 9:30 a.m. on November 16, 2007, Employee #1, of Ryco Metal Works, Inc., was standing on the third rung of an 8 ft stepladder. He was fastening steel cleats to the top of a 7 1/2 ft high equipment screening wall on the roof of a two story building in Ontario, CA. Employee #1 was stepping down when his pant leg became caught on a wall brace. He lost his grip on the ladder and fell backward. The side of his face and neck struck the top of an equipment curb that was projecting 12 in. from the roof surface. He was transported to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, where he was hospitalized until November 27, 2007.

Keywords: CLOTHING, ROOF, STEPLADDER, LADDER, STRUCK AGAINST, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, NECK, FACE, LOST BALANCE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310601414			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Sheet metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 4 feet Cause: Exterior cladding Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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