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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 107559.015 - Employee Sustains Extensive Injuries In Fall Through Roof

**Accident: 107559.015 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 07/20/2018**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1332075.015	07/20/2018		Richard L. Sensenig Co.

At 8:00 a.m. on July 20, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a roofing company, was e ngaged in roofing work at a multiemployer building project. He was walking acro ss roof decking composed of Tectum panels when he fell through the deck, a fall height of 27 feet. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for extensive injuries. These included fract ures to his pelvis, ribs, tailbone, right hip, vertebrae, wrist, and upper arm, as well as nerve damage and temporary blindness.

Keywords: arm, construction, eye, fall, fall protection, floor hole, fracture, hip, nerve damage, pelvis, rib, roof, roof decking, roof panel, spine, vertebra, walking surface, wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation			1	27

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Construction
1	1332075.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		FallDist: 27 FallHt:27 Cause: Roofing FatCause:

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