Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119609.015 - Employee injures head in fall from wet roof

Accident Summary Nr: 119609.015 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 08/30/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1428797.015	09/05/2019		238130	Bruce A. Roberts

Abstract: At 9:45 a.m. on August 30, 2019, Employee #1 and coworkers were engaged in the construction of three single-family houses and tasked with framing work for the soffits. Employee #1, without using fall protection, tried to access the roof of one building. The roof was wet, and he slipped and fell, striking the second floor sub-roof and then striking his head on the base of a scaffold being used for an adjacent building, a fall height of 23 feet. Employee #1 was hospitalized for treatment of a severe laceration to his head that required more than 20 staples.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall Protection, Framing, Head, Installing, Laceration, Residential Construction, Roof, Scaffold, Slip, Slippery Surface, Soffit, Wet, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1428797.015	53	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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