Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118117.015 - Employee injures back in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 118117.015 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 05/29/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1404151.015	05/29/2019		238160	Derek Contractors Llc

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on May 29, 2019, Employee #1 and five coworkers, employed by a roofing contractor, were rehabilitating the roof of a four-story condominium building. They were removing and replacing any damaged plywood and installing all new shingles. Employee #1 was pulling up shingles near the gutter at the edge of the building's rear side. As he adjusted his lifeline, he lost balance and fell to the deck of a unit below the eave of the roof, a fall height of 9 feet. He struck the deck's wood surface. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of contusions to his back.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force trauma, Contusion, Deck, Dismantling, Fall, Fall Protection, Harness, Installing, Lost Balance, Plywood, Rehabilitation, Repair, Residential Construction, Roof, Roof Panel, Roofer, Struck Against, Wood

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Maintenance or repair			4

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1404151.015	52	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Roofers	Distance of Fall: 9 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 35 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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