Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201186244 - Employee Fractures Leg in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201186244 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 11/21/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312692130	12/07/2011	1761	238160	Blue'S Roofing Co.

Abstract: At approximately 5:30 p.m. on November 21, 2011, Employee #1 was standing on an extension ladder, in a water tank, grinding a pipe with a handheld grinder. He fell off the ladder and fractured his left leg. After being rescued from the confined space by the San Francisco Fire Department, Employee #1 was hospitalized at San Francisco General Hospital. There were no witnesses to the fall. The concrete surface under the ladder was wet with water from a leaking pipe.

Keywords: GRINDER, FRACTURE, EXTENSION LADDER, CONFINED SPACE, LADDER, FALL, PIPE, SLIPPERY SURFACE, WORK SURFACE, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	13	180

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312692130			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers

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