Inspection Detail

Inspection: 307690495 - Von Kensinger Roofing

Inspection Information - Office: Syracuse Area Office

Inspection Nr: 307690495

Report ID: 0215800

Date Opened: 03/28/2005

Site Address:
Von Kensinger Roofing
3097 Noble Road
Seneca Falls, NY 13148

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 91, Rebersburg, PA 16872

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1761

NAICS: 238160/Roofing Contractors

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/04/2005

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis: L:Fall

Case Closed: 04/04/2005

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	200885358	Yes

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200880987

Event: 03/25/2005

Employee Suffers Fractures in Fall from Unguarded Scaffold

Employee #1 was engaged in residential roofing work. Employee #1 was working from a top- plate bracket-scaffold installing the first row of asphalt shingles on the roof of a new house. The scaffold platform was 8 ft above the ground. The platform of scaffold was 12-in. wide and 16 ft long. There were no guardrails or other fall protection methods in use. Employee #1 fell from the scaffold. Employee #1 suffered one crushed and one fractured vertebra, a broken clavicle, two dislocated fingers, and a severe laceration to the head. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FINGER, CRUSHED, DISLOCATED, ROOFER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, VERTEBRA, UNGUARDED, SCAFFOLD

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307690495			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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