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Mr. Alvarez was a building inspector of work performed by
Stone Cheney Construction at Arthur C. Butler Elementary School. While Mr. Alvarez climbed a ladder to the
roof of the school’s media room, the ladder slipped from the side of the
building. Mr. Alvarez fell approximately
20 feet to the ground and suffered a severe head injury.
We investigated the accident and determined that the ladder
provided by Stone Cheney for Mr. Alvarez to access the roof was defective, too
short to be used properly, and not tied to the building properly. We determined that absent these deficiencies,
Mr. Alvarez would not have fallen. And
we determined that Stone Cheney had alternate means for providing Mr. Alvarez
access to the roof.
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