Accident Report Detail

Accident: 131281.015 - Employee Is Killed In Fall From Roof

**Accident: 131281.015 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 11/16/2020**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1503698.015	11/24/2020		R. D. Kleinschmidt, Inc.

At 2:00 p.m. on November 16, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a roofing company, w as engaged in roofing activity at a commercial building. He was walking across the roof when he tripped, lost balance, fell on his back, and slid off the roof, a fall height of 15 feet. The employee sustained damage to internal artery str uctures in his neck and a fractured leg. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: artery, construction, fall, fall protection, fracture, leg, lost balance, neck, roof, roofer, slid, tripped, walking surface, work surface

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1503698.015	45	M	Fatality		Roofers	FallDist: 15 FallHt:15 Cause: Roofing FatCause:

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