Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121967.015 - Employee fractures face in fall from unguarded scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 121967.015 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 11/20/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1447171.015	11/21/2019		238160	Metal Roof Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on November 20, 2019, an employee working as a roofer helper for a roofing contractor was working at a commercial building site. The employee was working on top on an awning without fall protection. He was attempting to step off a beam onto an unguarded scaffold when he misjudged the distance between the beam and scaffold below. The employee fell and struck the concrete surface with his face. He fractured the bones in his face and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Beam, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Commercial Building, Competent Person, Concrete, Construction, Face, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Guardrail, Misjudgment, Pavement, Roof, Roofer, Scaffold, Unguarded, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			2	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1447171.015	37	M	Hospitalized injury		Roofers: Helpers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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