Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115540.015 - Employee injures spine and head in fall through roof

Accident Summary Nr: 115540.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 04/17/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1394598.015	04/19/2019		238160	Gutier Llc

Abstract: At 7:50 a.m. on April 17, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a roofing company, was working on the roof of a one-story commercial building. He was measuring a section that needed to be cut out and replaced when he fell through the roof to the inside of the building, a fall height of 16 feet. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted to the intensive care unit with injuries to his spine and head.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Floor Opening, Head, Rehabilitation, Repair, Roof, Roofer, Spine, Unprotected, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	16

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1394598.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury		Roofers	Distance of Fall: 16 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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