Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118999.015 - Employee breaks both ankles and wrist in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 118999.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 07/10/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1416805.015	07/19/2019		238160	Chapman Coast Roofing Co., Inc.

Abstract: At 1:25 p.m. on July 10, 2019, an employee working as a journeyman roofer for a roofing contractor was working on a project that involved the demolition and reroofing of a single story 10-foot high roof. The employee was using a 20-foot Werner extension ladder, hand tools, and monolithic roof coverings, specifically an Ecology Model 075400 thermoplastic membrane. The employee was working on the roof of building C. Coworker #1, who was his supervisor, was working on a different building approximately 50 feet from the employee. The employee was working with Coworker #2 installing the thermoplastic membrane on the roof. The employee directed Coworker #2 to start working on the opposite (north) side of the roof. Coworker #2 turned around and walked toward the north side of the roof while the employee resumed the installation of the 6-foot by 15-foot pieces of membrane. While bending over and unrolling the membrane with his back facing the edge of the roof, the employee stepped backwards and fell off the roof approximately 10 feet to the ground below. The employee broke his left wrist and both ankles and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Ankle, Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Demolition, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Foot, Fracture, Installing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Roof, Work Surface, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			1	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1416805.015	53	M	Hospitalized injury		Roofers	Distance of Fall: 10 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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