Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 110683.015 - Employee falls off roof and incurs multiple injuries

Accident Summary Nr: 110683.015 -- Report ID: 0155010 -- Event Date: 08/02/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1358165.015	08/21/2018		236115	Steel Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on August 2, 2018, an employee was to work on installing copper flashing on a new window. The employee exited a man-lift basket and onto a field modified basket that was attached. The wooden modification broke and the employee fell twenty feet. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to both wrists, right pinky, skull with a hematoma and his right thigh muscle was separated from the bone.

Keywords: Basket, Collapse, Fall, Fall Protection, Finger, Fracture, Hemorrhage, Installing, Roof, Skull, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation			2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1358165.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury		Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installation Of Decking-Flashing Of Decking Fatality Cause:

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