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Accident Summary Nr: 125092.015 - Employee falls through skylight and suffers multiple fractur

Accident Summary Nr: 125092.015 -- Report ID: 0454716 -- Event Date: 03/12/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1471335.015	03/12/2020		238160	Morristown Roofing Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on March 12, 2020, Employee #1 was employed by a roofing contractor. Employee #1 was pulling rubber roofing material across the roof of a school while walking backwards. Employee #1 tripped over a curb-mounted skylight and fell through it. Employee #1 fell 23 feet to the floor suffering fractures and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Elevated, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Floor Hole, Floor Opening, Fracture, Hole, Roof, Roofer, Roofing, Skylight

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1471335.015	21	M	Hospitalized injury		Roofers	Distance of Fall: 23 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 23 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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