Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 134563.015 - Employee falls through skylight causing lumbar fractures

Accident Summary Nr: 134563.015 -- Report ID: 0352470 -- Event Date: 02/19/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1515577.015	02/22/2021		238160	Limestone Builders Llc

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on February 19, 2021, Employee #1 was working for a roofing contractor. Employee #1 was shoveling snow from a roof of a barn for construction purposes. Employee #1 could not see the skylight because it was covered in snow, and he fell through it to the concrete floor. Employee #1 suffered lumbar vertebrae fractures, causing hospitalization.

Keywords: Back, Barn, Concrete Floor, Construction, Elevated, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Hand Tool, Hole, Lumbar Fracture, Lumbar Injury, Opening, Platform, Removal, Removing, Roof, Roof Opening, Roof Opening Cover, Roofer, Roofing, Shovel, Skylight, Snow, Snow Covered, Snowy, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1515577.015	19	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: 16 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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