Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 116618.015 - Employee Falls From Roof, Sustains Back Fracture, Brain Hemo

**Accident: 116618.015 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 02/23/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1400195.015	03/11/2019		Kb Home

At 8:00 a.m. on February 23, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a home builder, was performing roofing activities at a multiemployer construction project, a new two -story residential structure. The employee fell, a fall height of 20 feet. Eme rgency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of a fractured back and bleeding (hemorrhage) in the brain.

Keywords: back, blunt force trauma, brain, fall, fall protection, fracture, hemorrhage, multiemployer, residential construction, roof, roofer, spine

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1400195.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury		Roofers: Helpers	FallDist: 20 FallHt:20 Cause: Roofing FatCause:

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