Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202462529 - Employee injured after falling from ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 202462529 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 09/15/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120322169	11/01/2005	1761	238160	Commercial Roofing Systems, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on September 15, 2005, Employee #1 began climbing down a ladder from a second-story roof to a first story roof. The ladder slid out at the bottom and moved to the right at the top. As the ladder was falling Employee #1 attempted to grab the parapet but could not hold on. According to Employee #1, the parapet and the first-story roof were wet from condensation. Employee #1 fell approximately 10 feet to the first-story roof. The ladder had previously been tied at the top and bottom but Employee #1 had untied the ladder prior to his climb. Employee #1 sustained two broken ribs, two broken vertebrae, and two disk compression fractures, and was hospitalized. The ladder involved in the accident was a 24-foot aluminum ladder and marked: model number L-2121-24, rated to 250 pounds, highest standing level of 17 ft. and 3 inches; maximum working length of 21 ft.; manufactured in February 2005.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, UNSECURED, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, DESCENDING, ROOFER, FALL, SLIPPERY SURFACE, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120322169			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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