Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130782.015 - Employee falls from roof while directing work and incurs mul

Accident Summary Nr: 130782.015 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 10/28/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1500183.015	10/29/2020		236220	Harold O'Shea Builders, Inc.

Abstract: At 7:00 a.m. on October 28, 2020, Employee #1 was reviewing roofing work and providing directions to a laborer at a roofing job site. After arriving onsite, Employee #1 ascended an extension ladder to the roof area alongside Employee #2 to discuss work plans. While walking and pointing toward an opening near the edge of the roof between two building structures, Employee #1 slipped and fell approximately 16 feet to the compacted gravel ground. The employee sustained a fractured rib, a fractured vertebra, and torn tendons and/or ligaments in the vertebrae and was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Rib, Roof, Tendon, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1500183.015	47	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 16 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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