Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 126348.015 - Employee falls while walking on roof and fractures ankle

Accident Summary Nr: 126348.015 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 05/16/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1475699.015	05/21/2020		238160	Pilita Construction, Llc

Abstract: At 9:19 a.m. on May 16, 2020, Employee #1 was working for a roofing contractor. Employee #1 was installing shingles on the roof of a single-family home. Employee #1 was walking along the cricket (a ridge structure designed to divert water on a roof around the high side of a large penetration, typically a skylight, equipment curb, or chimney) between the garage roof and the second story wall when he twisted and fractured his ankle. Employee #1 received medical attention but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Ankle, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Foot, Fracture, Installing, Residential Construction, Roof, Roofer, Roofing, Shingles, Slip, Tripped, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			2	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1475699.015	28	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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