Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202543211 - Employee Falls from Ladder and Breaks Leg

Accident Summary Nr: 202543211 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 04/30/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300874492	05/13/2011	1761	238160	L C Roofing Co Inc Dba Frank Lopez Roofing

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. On March 30, 2011, a serious accident occurred at a jobsite located at 3639 1/2, W. Florence Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90043. It was reported to the Los Angeles office of CAL/OSHA, by the employer L.C. Roofing Co. Inc. on April 9, 2011. The investigation was assigned to A3315, who went to the site on April 13, 2011. The employer was not on site. This company is a small roofing company and the jobsite was a roof repair on a small house. The height of the house was 15 feet and to access the roof they had set an extension ladder up in the patio of the house and the feet were on concrete. They did not secure the ladder and as the Employee went up the ladder it slipped and fell. He broke his lower right leg which required subsequent surgery with pins and plates.

Keywords: EXTENSION LADDER, ROOF, LADDER, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	15

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300874492			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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