Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119276.015 - Employee is killed in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 119276.015 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 08/24/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1425989.015	08/26/2019		238160	Flood'S Roofing Llc

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on August 24, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a roofing company, was assisting coworkers to scrape old shingles from the roof of a residential structure. As he stood on a rotten piece of wood along the roof's edge, the wood gave way, causing him to fall to the concrete driveway, a fall height of approximately 23 feet. Employee #1 sustained multiple skull fractures, multiple spinal fractures, and multiple fractured ribs. He was killed.

Keywords: Concrete, Dismantling, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Material Handling, Residential Construction, Rib, Roof, Roofer, Skull, Spine, Structural Collapse

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition				23	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1425989.015	52	M	Fatality		Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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