Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14372825 - Employee killed in fall from flat roof

Accident Summary Nr: 14372825 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 05/17/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122461643	05/23/1996	1741	0	Showers Building Restoration

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker had been tuck-pointing a seven-story brick apartment building and had finished their work for the day. They had left the two point suspended scaffold and were on the flat roof coiling up their safety lines. Apparently Employee #1 was backing up as he was coiling his lifeline and walked off the edge of the roof, falling approximately 50 to 60 feet. He was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where he was placed on life support systems. He was removed from life support on May 19, 1996, at the request of the family, and died. The flat roof was not equipped with a parapet.

Keywords: ROOF, WORK RULES, PERIMETER GUARDING, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, WALKING BACKWARD, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	122461643			Fatality	Other	Brickmasons and stonemasons

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