A man suffered serious personal injury after falling from a roof while fitting a chimney flue liner says Los Angeles Personal Injury lawyer Steven Peck of the Peck Law Group.
He had used a ladder to go up to the roof and then put up a roof ladder to get up closer to the chimney. However, when he stepped onto this second ladder, it gave way and he fell 22 feet to the ground below.
The man suffered serious personal injury in the fall, including a broken back. He was in hospital for 15 days trying to recover from his injuries, but will continue to be affected by its events through out the rest of his life.
It was discovered that the roof ladder gave way as there was a dormer extension on the other side of the roof, and hence this stopped it from hooking over the ridge correctly. The man had not been informed that there was a dormer extension on the other side of the property.
The accident was investigated by the Health and Safety Executive and they discovered that the company had failed to assess the risks of the job correctly, and failed to provide proper equipment for the workers. Worryingly, while the man was rushed to hospital, the firm still carried out the job using the same unsafe portable ladder system.
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