Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116619.015 - Employee falls from roof, sustains fractured spine and brain

Accident Summary Nr: 116619.015 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 02/23/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1394158.015	03/11/2019		238160	The Original Roofing Company, Llc

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on February 23, 2019, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a roofing company, were installing a drip edge on the roof of a new two-story residential building as part of a multiemployer construction project. Employee #1 slipped and fell, a fall height of 20 feet. He first struck a brick wall and then the ground. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of a fractured spine and a brain hemorrhage.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Brick, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Hemorrhage, Installing, Multiemployer, Residential Construction, Roof, Roofer, Slip, Spine, Struck Against, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1394158.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury		Roofers	Distance of Fall: 20 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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