Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14291017 - EMPLOYEE DIES IN FALL FROM ROOF AFTER DECK PANEL COLLAPSES

Accident Summary Nr: 14291017 -- Report ID: 0214700 -- Event Date: 06/18/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100599380	06/19/1990	1793	0	Lynbrook Glass & Architectural Metals Corp.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ON A GLASS SKYLIGHT FRAME. HE WAS STANDING ON A CEMENTITIOUS ROOF DECK PANEL, MEASURING 6 FEET BY 2 FEET AND 3 INCHES THICK, THAT WAS ON A METAL FRAME. WHEN THE FOREMAN ALSO STOOD ON THE SAME 37-YEAR-OLD PANEL, IT CRACKED AND COLLAPSED. THE FOREMAN GRABBED THE FRAME TO HOLD HIMSELF UP WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 FELL THROUGH THE FRAME TO THE SECOND FLOOR, BOUNCED OVER THE EDGE OF THE OPEN-SIDED FLOOR, AND FELL TO THE FIRST FLOOR 26 FEET BELOW THE ROOF.

Keywords: SKYLIGHT, COLLAPSE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ROOF PANEL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100599380			Fatality	Other	Carpenters

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