Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 300791589 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 300791589 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 09/16/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300791589	09/26/2002	1541	0	Employer Resource

Abstract: At approximately 3:36 p.m. on September 16, 2002, Employee #1, a contract worker for Steele Roofing, Inc., was using a ladder jack scaffold to install roofing tiles on a two-story, single-family residential construction project in Coronado, CA. For some reason, Employee #1 fell 10 ft from the scaffold planks, striking a retaining wall, and then fell an additional 6 ft to the ground. Employee #1 sustained a traumatic brain injury and fractured to his left orbit, left frontal sinus, and his sphenoid wing. The scaffolding system was not equipped with guardrails or any other type of fall protection.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, INSTALLING, WORK RULES, LADDER, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, BRAIN, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300791589			Hospitalized injury	Other	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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