Accident Report Detail

Accident: 116458.015 - Employee Repairing Roof Falls And Fractures Back

**Accident: 116458.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 05/20/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1402668.015	05/22/2019		Elo Restoration, Inc.

At 12:30 p.m. on May 20, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a roofing contractor, wa s repairing the roof of a residence. The fascia board broke, and the employee f ell, a fall height of 8 feet, and struck the lawn. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of a fractured spine.

Keywords: back, blunt force trauma, fall, fall protection, fracture, repair, residential construction, roof, roofer, spine, struck against

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair			1	8

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1402668.015	28	M	Hospitalized injury		Roofers	FallDist: 8 FallHt:8 Cause: Roofing FatCause:

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