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Accident: 110249.015 - Employee Falls From Ladder After Struck By Falling Bundle Of

Accident: 110249.015 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 10/02/2018
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1354747.01510/03/2018Tatum Duke
At 1:30 p.m. on October 2, 2018, an employee climbed up an extension ladder with a bundle of shingles to hand off to a coworker on a roof. The employee handed o ff the bundle to the coworker and began to descend the ladder as the coworker pl aced the bundle on his shoulder and turned to walk to another area of the roof. As the coworker turned, the bundle slipped off of his shoulder, fell and struck the employee while still on the ladder. The employee then fell from the ladder a nd received rib fractures and an unspecified head injury. The employee was hosp italized.
Keywords: ascending, climbing, climbing on ladder, descending, extension ladder, fall, falling object, fracture, head, ladder, rib, slip, struck by
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1354747.015 56 M Hospitalized injury Roof Repar: Shingle

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