Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117319.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries in fall through roof openi

Accident Summary Nr: 117319.015 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 06/13/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1409503.015	06/21/2019		236220	American Aluminum Extrusion Company, Llc

Abstract: At 8:20 a.m. on June 13, 2019, Employee #1 and his supervisor, employed by an aluminum products manufacturing company, were installing an HVAC fan frame and sheet metal venting adjacent to a roof opening. The employee was working without fall protection from a scaffold platform that spanned the roof opening. The employee and scaffold fell through the roof opening and struck the concrete surface, a fall height of 31 feet. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of multiple injuries. These included fractures to both legs, both wrists, both femurs, both tibias, and both ankles; a severe brain hemorrhage; a liver laceration; and a forehead contusion.

Keywords: Ankle, Blunt force trauma, Concrete, Construction, Contusion, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Fan, Floor Hole, Forehead, Fracture, Frame, HVAC, Installing, Laceration, Leg, Liver, Roof Opening, Scaffold, Struck Against, Thigh, Tibia, Venting, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation			1	32

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1409503.015	38	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 31 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 31 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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