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Accident: 107952.015 - Employee Fractures Ribs And Arm In Fall Through Collapsing R

**Accident: 107952.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 07/31/2018**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1335613.015	08/02/2018		Mississippi Welding And Machine Llc

At 1115 a.m., on July 31, 2018, an employee was working in an aerial lift to rem ove screws from metal roof components as part of a demolition project. For an un specified reason, the employee left the basket of the aerial lift and stood upon the metal roof in a section that was previously identified as unsafe due to det eriorating support purlins. When the employee stepped onto the roof, the purlins gave way and he fell eleven feet into a concrete drainage ditch. The employee w as hospitalized for fractured ribs and right arm.

Keywords: aerial lift, arm, basket, demolition, fall, fall protection, fracture, rib, roof, roof collapse

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Demolition			1	11

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1335613.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury		Strctural Iron /& Steel Worker	FallDist: 11 FallHt:11 Cause: Demolition FatCause:

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