Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14235170 - FALL THROUGH ROOF AND DIES

Accident Summary Nr: 14235170 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 01/15/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100248798	01/16/1987	1741	0	Green Masonry
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101013860	01/16/1987	1542	0	Paul Pogue, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101013878	01/16/1987	1761	0	Double Mm Construction

Abstract: Employee #1, a foreman for a masonry crew, was climbing up on the front portion of an approximately 2:12 pitched roof, 14 ft high at front edge and 26 ft high at back edge, and began to walk diagonally up the roof. Near the top of the roof he stepped into an open skylight hole 5 ft by 5 ft. The opening was covered with clear thin plastic and partially covered with roofing felt, camouflaging the center 3 ft of the opening. Employee #1 fell through the felt to a concrete slab 24 ft below and was pronounced dead approximately 25 minutes later.

Keywords: ROOF OPENING COVER, ROOF OPENING, CONCRETE, FRACTURE, ROOF, CONSTRUCTION, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100248798	Fatality	Fracture	Supervisors; brickmasons, stonemasons, tilesetters
2	101013860			Occupation Not Listed
3	101013878			Occupation Not Listed

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