Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 129746.015 - Employee is killed in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 129746.015 -- Report ID: 0830400 -- Event Date: 09/07/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1494222.015	09/14/2020		238130	Brothers Construction Llc

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on September 7, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was installing steel corrugated roofing material to the roof of a one-story commercial building as part of a multi-employer construction project. He was working from the personnel basket of an aerial lift, but he stepped onto the roof to stand on sheets of roofing material that were being blown by the wind. As he continued working, he fell and struck the concrete floor, a fall height of 16 feet. Employee #1 sustained blunt force traumatic injuries and was killed.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Blunt force trauma, Concrete, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, High Wind, Installing, Material Handling, Metal Decking, Personnel Cage, Roof, Roofer, Struck Against, Windy

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition				16	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1494222.015	37	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 16 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Installation Of Decking-Final Attachment Deck (Wel Fatality Cause:

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