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Accident: 121567.015 - Employee Falls Through Roof Opening, Receives Fractures To V
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1421691.015 | 08/08/2019 | Lawson Mechanical Contractors |
At 10:55 a.m. on July 18, 2019, an employee worked on the roof of a newly constr ucted gym to install HVAC units. The employee noticed a cart moved outside of it s storage area and received assistance from a coworker to go move the cart. When the employee and coworker lifted the cart, they stepped forward and the employe e stepped into an opening in the roof. The employee fell approximately seventeen feet and was hospitalized to treat fractured vertebrae.
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cart, fall, fall from elevation, fall protection, fracture, hvac, installing, roof, roof opening, step, vertebra
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial building | New project or new addition | 2 | 17 | ||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1421691.015 | 25 | M | Hospitalized injury | Supervisors, mechanics and repairers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) FatCause: |