Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121649.015 - Employee fractures vertebra in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 121649.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 11/08/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1444572.015	11/13/2019		238160	Newton Roofing Services

Abstract: At 4:30 p.m. on November 8, 2019, an employee working as a roofer for a roofing contractor was roofing a residential building. The employee was bringing tools down from the roof. The employee bent over to investigate a small section of the roof at which time he fell approximately 30 feet from the roof to the ground. The employee fractured the L3 vertebra and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Insufficient Supervision, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Roof, Roofer, Vertebra, 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			3	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1444572.015	18	M	Hospitalized injury		Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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