Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 135159.015 - Employee loses balance, falls, and is killed by head injury

Accident Summary Nr: 135159.015 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 04/27/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1527553.015	04/28/2021		238160	Harlan Quality Roofing, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:15 p.m. on April 27, 2021, an employee worked to replace the flashing around a chimney approximately thirty-nine inches from the roof edge on a four-in-twelve slope roof. As the employee pulled the old flashing off, the caulking broke and caused the employee to lose balance, fall backwards approximately nine feet to the patio below. The employee received blunt force trauma to the head and was killed.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force trauma, Chimney, Fall, Fall Protection, Head, Lost Balance, Patio, Roof, Roofer

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1527553.015	58	M	Fatality		Roofers	Distance of Fall: 9 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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