Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118049.015 - Employee falls while decking roof and incurs multiple injuri

Accident Summary Nr: 118049.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 07/15/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1416338.015	07/18/2019		238160	Newton Welding Services, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:20 p.m. on July 15, 2019, an employee was installing decking and was working while standing on a roof truss. The employee lost his footing and fell approximately twenty-one feet. The employee was wearing personal fall protection which included a full body harness, a D-Ring extension, a retractable lanyard, and a beam anchor clamp. After falling, the device caught and stopped his fall, but apparently the force of this then made the D-ring extension threading fail and it broke. The employee then free-fell approximately 27 feet to the concrete floor below. The employee was hospitalized to treat the following: right leg fractured in 3 places, right knee shattered, fractures to front of skull/forehead, broken nose, five teeth were busted out, and numerous facial lacerations.

Keywords: Broken Bone, Concrete Floor, Decking, Face, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Forehead, Fracture, Installing, Knee, Laceration, Leg, Lost Balance, Nose, Roof, Skull, Truss

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	48

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1416338.015	47	M	Hospitalized injury		Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: 27 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 48 feet Cause: Installation Of Decking-Initial Laying Deck (Incl Fatality Cause:

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