Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120470.015 - Employee injures spine in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 120470.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 04/23/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1405721.015	06/05/2019		238160	Brian Hobbs Roofing, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:15 p.m. on April 23, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a roofing company, was engaged in roofing work at the site of a new one-story residential structure. While walking on the roof, he stepped on a defective tile. The tile broke, and the employee fell from the roof, a fall height of 10 to 11 feet. He was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of a spinal injury.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force trauma, Equipment Failure, Fall, Fall Protection, Lost Balance, Lost Control, Residential Construction, Roof, Roofer, Spine, Struck Against, Walking Surface, 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			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1405721.015	55	M	Hospitalized injury		Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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