Inspection Detail

Inspection: 312666415 - Luc Enterprises, Inc Dba Brea Roofing

Inspection Information - Office: Monrovia District Office

Investigation Summary

At approximately 4:30 p.m. on April 5, 2011, an employee of Luc Enterprises Inc. dba Brea Roofing in Brea, CA, was on the east side of a residential roof of a single story home in La Mirada, California. The employee had been employed for about eight months as a roofer, when the accident occurred. While doing roofing work, he slipped and fell off the roof to the front yard below. The employee suffered fractures to both ankles and was hospitalized one week at Saint Jude Hospital for medical treatment. A coworker was also on roof doing roofing work on other side of house, but did not see the accident. The injured employee stated during an interview at a later date that he was laying felt manually on roof without a rolling machine when he slipped and fell 103-inches (measured) to ground. The slope of roof was measured to be 15 to 20 degrees by a slope meter.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, ROLLER--MACH/PART, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ANKLE