Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119317.015 - Employee incurs multiple fractures in fall through roof hole

Accident Summary Nr: 119317.015 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 03/29/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1395179.015	04/09/2019		238220	K&Ns Air Conditioning

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on March 29, 2019, Employee #1 was engaged in renovation work at a one-story commercial building. He was working on the roof and covering new air conditioning ducting with plastic. The employee was using scrap pieces of wood to keep the plastic from falling off the air conditioning ducting. The EE picked up a piece of scrap wood from the roof to place on the air conditioning ducting and did not realize that the scrap piece of wood was covering a roof opening. The employee began to walk forward and fell through the roof opening, a fall height of approximately 30 feet, landing on air conditioning ducting on the floor below. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment. His injuries included a compound fracture of his right leg tibia, three fractured ribs, and a laceration to the palm of his hand.

Keywords: Air Conditioner, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Duct, Fall, Fall Protection, Floor Hole, Fracture, Hand, Laceration, Leg, Renovation, Rib, Roof, Roof Opening, Roof Opening Cover, Unguarded, Unprotected, Wood Board

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1395179.015	49	M	Hospitalized injury		Heating, air conditioning, and refrig. mechanics	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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