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Accident: 114415.015 - Employee Breaks Neck In Fall Through Unguarded Skylight

**Accident: 114415.015 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 03/29/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1364703.015	12/06/2018		Custom Structures, Inc.

At 7:45 p.m. on March 29, 2019, Employee #1 was engaged in the dismantling of a manufacturing plant's metal roof. He was walking on the roof when he stepped on to an unguarded, flush-mounted translucent skylight. The employee fell through the skylight and impacted the lower metal deck plate. Emergency services transp orted the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of injur ies that included two fractured vertebrae in his neck, a collapsed lung, lacerat ions, and contusions.

Keywords: construction, contusion, demolition, dismantling, fall, fall protection, fracture, neck, roof, sheet metal, skylight, unguarded, untrained, walking surface

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Demolition			1	17

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1364703.015	24	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Demolition FatCause:

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