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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 122883.015 - Employee Sustains Multiple Injuries In Fall From Roof

**Accident: 122883.015 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 08/13/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1423058.015	08/13/2019		V I S E Company Inc.

At 6:42 a.m. on August 13, 2019, Employee #1 was engaged in roofing a one-story commercial building. He was dragging a heavy roll of insulation sheeting while walking backward on the roof when he fell off the roof's edge, a fall height of 30 feet, and struck a concrete slab. The employee was hospitalized for treatme nt of multiple injuries that included multiple fractures, punctured organs, and a smashed face.

Keywords: blunt force trauma, concrete slab, construction, face, fall, fall protection, fracture, installing, insulation, internal injuries, puncture, roof, struck against, walking backward, waterproofing

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	31

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1423058.015	26	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Roofing FatCause:

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