Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 828830 - Employee killed in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 828830 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 09/08/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104212972	09/09/1988	1761	0	Modern Builders, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a laborer on a two-man roofing crew, set up a 24 ft wood extension ladder to access the roof of a building. He climbed the ladder to the roof and threw down the end of an extension cord that was to be plugged into an outlet. When he tried to get onto the ladder to come back down, the top section of the ladder slipped, then retracted all the way to the ground. Employee #1 fell 14 ft 2 1/2 in. to the concrete and was killed. Apparently, the hooks on the top section of the ladder were improperly hooked over the rungs of the ladder's bottom section. Employee #1 had not been instructed in the proper use of the ladder.

Keywords: EXTENSION LADDER, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, UNTRAINED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104212972			Fatality	Fracture	Roofers

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