Accident Report Detail

Accident: 136405.015 - Employee Is Struck By Crumbling Chimney, Falls, And Dies Nex

**Accident: 136405.015 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 06/18/2021**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1537154.015	06/19/2021		Roland Slate Service Co., Inc.

At 9:00 a.m. on June 18, 2021, an employee worked on a roof to check a chimney. At some point, the chimney crumbled apart and struck the employee who then fell approximately thirty-eight feet. The employee was taken to the hospital to treat fractures to both legs and head trauma, but died the next day.

Keywords: chimney, collapse, fall, fall protection, falling object, fracture, head, leg, roof, struck by, traumatic

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation				38	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Construction
1	1537154.015	42	M	Fatality		FallDist: 38 FallHt:38 Cause: FatCause:

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