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Accident Summary Nr: 119283.015 - Employee falls into building when roof caves in and incurs f

Accident Summary Nr: 119283.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 08/08/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1426008.015	08/09/2019		238160	Xtreme Roofing, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. (noon) on August 8, 2019, an employee was working for a roofing contractor. He was a roofer. He was working on an existing two-story commercial structure. He was removing and discarding debris and shingles from the roof. He was working on a weak area of the roof. He applied too much force, and the roof caved in at that location. The employee fell through the resultant opening, falling approximately 20 feet (6.1 meters) into the building. The employee suffered fractures. He was hospitalized for two or more days.

Keywords: Building, Collapse, Commercial Building, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, I2P2, Roof, Roof Collapse, Roofer, Training, Work at Elevation

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair			2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1426008.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		Roofers	Distance of Fall: 20 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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