Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139793.015 - Employee breaks ankles in fall from roof to concrete floor

Accident Summary Nr: 139793.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 09/23/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1555887.015	10/01/2021		321991	Champion Home Builders, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on September 23, 2021, an employee working as a production helper for a national mobile home builder had been rolling out a roll of underlayment paper onto a roof. The employee then climbed off the roof and stood on the catwalk to cut the underlayment just before the 9:00 a.m. break bell rang. The employee left the catwalk and headed down the stairs when he may have taken a fall from the stairs onto the concrete floor. The employee broke both ankles and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Ankle, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Building, Catwalk, Concrete Floor, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Manufacturing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Mobile Home, Production Line, Residential Construction, Roof, Walking Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1555887.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Production helpers	Distance of Fall: 13 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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