Inspection Detail

Inspection: 305734808 - Ebensteiner Construction Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Eugene

Investigation Summary

At approximately 1:45 p.m. on November 27, 2001, Employee #1 with Ebensteiner Construction, Inc., had ascended an extension ladder to a roof. While pulling the ladder up onto the roof at his level, he unlatched the safety latches. When he attempted to use the ladder again, it collapsed, and he fell approximately 15 feet to the ground. Employee #1 was hospitalized with four fractured vertebrae, a torn rotator cuff, and a head laceration.

Keywords: HEAD, SAFETY LATCH, EXTENSION LADDER, ROOF, SHOULDER, LADDER, BACK, LACERATION, FALL, VERTEBRA