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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 NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1527553.01504/28/2021238160Harlan 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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