Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123160.015 - Employee is killed in fall through deteriorated roof

Accident Summary Nr: 123160.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 01/13/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1455758.015	01/13/2020		238160	Centimark Corporation

Abstract: At 8:31 a.m. on January 13, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a roofing company, was engaged in reroofing activity at a one-story commercial building. He was removing old roofing layers down to the structural metal deck. The metal deck, which was deteriorated and corroded away from the open web steel joist and beams, failed to hold the employee's weight. The employee fell through the metal deck to the concrete surface, a fall height of 22.8 feet. Employee #1 sustained skull fractures and blunt force traumatic brain injury and was killed.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Brain, Construction, Dismantling, Fall, Fall Protection, Floor Hole, Fracture, Repair, Roof, Roof Decking, Roofer, Skull, Structural Collapse

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			1	23	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1455758.015	51	M	Fatality		Roofers	Distance of Fall: 23 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 23 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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