Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 129964.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries in fall through roof

Accident Summary Nr: 129964.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 09/29/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1495321.015	10/01/2020		238160	Sentry Roof Services, Llc

Abstract: At 2:15 p.m. on September 29, 2020, an employee, a roofer, was cutting roof material (gypsum board) with a knife and removing old roof materials to prepare the roof with new plywood, insulation board, and roofing membrane. The roof could not hold the weight of the employee located between the metal roof supports. The employee fell through the roof approximately 24 feet onto a tarp, which was placed on the concrete slab below to catch roof materials from above. The employee was hospitalized to treat internal injuries to the spleen and liver, head trauma, and facial bone fractures.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Concrete Slab, Cutting, Face, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Head, Insulation, Internal Injuries, Knife, Liver, Plywood, Roof Collapse, Roofer, Spleen

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1495321.015	26	M	Hospitalized injury		Roofers: Helpers	Distance of Fall: 24 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 24 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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