Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 127636.015 - Employee is killed in fall from flat roof

Accident Summary Nr: 127636.015 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 07/08/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1482669.015	07/09/2020		238160	Tri-County Welding & Fabrication, Llc

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on July 8, 2020, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a construction company, were removing steel roof panels from the flat roof of a three-story manufacturing building in preparation for installing a new roof. The roof panels measured approximately 1.5 feet wide by 25 feet long. The removal process entailed walking on an aluminum scaffold pick rather than the unsuitable work surface of the roof panels. The two employees were required to use a fall protection system of self-retracting lifelines attached to metal roof swivel anchors, Part Number 390RSA-01, with shock-absorbing lanyards and harnesses, which were provided by the employer. However, when the employees returned to the roof after a lunch break, they did not attach their harnesses to the lifelines. As they lifted a roof panel, one employee at each end of the panel, a gust of wind blew the steel panel onto the employees' legs. Employee #1 lost his balance and fell from the scaffold pick, a total fall height of 35 feet. Employee #1 sustained multiple fractures and blunt force trauma and was killed by the fall.

Keywords: Anchor, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Dismantling, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, High Wind, Lifeline, Lost Balance, Roof, Roofer, Scaffold Pic, Struck By, Walking Surface, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation			3	35	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1482669.015	42	M	Fatality		Roofers	Distance of Fall: 35 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 35 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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