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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 119745.015 - Employee Sustains Head Trauma In Fall Through Skylight

**Accident: 119745.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 08/30/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1430131.015	09/11/2019		Tip Top Sheet Metal Inc

At 10:30 a.m. on August 30, 2019, Employee #1 was working on a steel roof instal lation at a commercial building. As he waited for material to be loaded onto th e roof, he moved a roll of insulation. During this process, he fell through a s kylight, a fall height of 15 feet, and his head struck the surface. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital for treatment of traumatic head injury.

Keywords: blunt force trauma, brain, construction, fall, fall protection, head, installing, roof, roofer, skylight, struck against, unguarded, unprotected, walking surface, work surface

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation				15

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1430131.015	33	M	Hospitalized injury		Roofers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Roofing FatCause:

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