Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202490413 - Employee Injures Legs While Cleaning Gutters

Accident Summary Nr: 202490413 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 03/29/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314428913	04/06/2010	1761	238390	Commercial Gutter Incorporated

Abstract: On March 29, 2010 at approximately 2:00 p.m., #1 was seriously injured at the ER's jobsite located at 315 North Cottonwood Rd in Woodland CA. ER is a full service commercial and residential gutter fabrication, installation and maintenance provider. #1 was working on the maintenance department cleaning gutters on a two-story residence at the time of the accident. According to all accounts #1 was standing on an A-frame ladder (not folded open) placed on a partial first-story roof/awning over the front of the house, cleaning the second story gutter when the ladder became unstable. #1 attempted to jump free, landing on the first-story roof and rolling off to the concrete below, seriously injuring both legs. According to #1 and the ER they had an extension ladder that secures to the gutter/eve that he could have used (according to ER, should have used). #1 stated that he was the foreman on the job and made the decision to use the smaller ladder because it seemed easier.

Keywords: RAIN SPOUT, EXTENSION LADDER, CLEANING, LADDER, LADDER HOOKS, FALL PROTECTION, CONCRETE, LEG, 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	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314428913			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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