Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 108490.015 - Employee falls from roof and fractures back

Accident Summary Nr: 108490.015 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 08/20/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1340662.015	08/22/2018		238160	Mb Roofing, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:45 p.m. on August 20, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a roofing company, was working at a multiemployer construction project, a swimming pool building. He was on the roof and attempting to move his fall protection cable from one anchor to another when he fell, a fall height of 16 feet. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for a compression fracture in his back and strained ankles.

Keywords: Anchor, Ankle, Back, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Pool, Roof, Sprain, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation			1	16

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1340662.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Roofers	Distance of Fall: 16 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 21 feet Cause: Swimming pool construction Fatality Cause:

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