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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 121762.015 - Employee Receives Multiple Fractures In Fall From Roof

**Accident: 121762.015 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 08/19/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1431573.015	09/17/2019		Howard Roofing Company, Incorporated

At 9:00 a.m. on August 19, 2019, an employee unloaded material onto a roof to pr epare for roofing work. The employee sat down next to a skylight to wait for mor e material, leaned onto the skylight, which then broke under the employee's weig ht. The employee fell approximately twenty-nine feet and hospitalized to treat f ractures to both heels and other unspecified fractures.

Keywords: fall, fall from elevation, fall protection, fracture, roof, roofer, skylight

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair			1	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1431573.015	26	M	Hospitalized injury		Roofers	FallDist: 29 FallHt:29 Cause: Roofing FatCause:

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