Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14401061 - Employee killed in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 14401061 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 07/13/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100697127	07/15/1987	1711	0	Smithco Engineering, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100697119	07/15/1987	1742	0	Spectrum Acoustics, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100697101	07/14/1987	1541	0	Kirten/James
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100697069	07/15/1987	1761	0	American Roofing & Supply Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100697135	07/15/1987	1771	0	American Chief Construction
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100697077	07/14/1987	1793	0	Livingston Glass Corp.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100697085	07/14/1987	1741	0	Herman Merritt Masonry, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100697093	07/15/1987	1771	0	Mobley & Speed Cement Construction, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100697051	07/14/1987	1541	0	Mcfadden & Miller Construction Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was engaged in built up roofing work at the edge of a 33-ft-high roof. He was filling a tar cart with a flexible hose that was attached to a tar pipe leading from tar kettles on the ground. The pipe was secured to the edge of the roof with wire and supported halfway up by a 2-in. by 4-in. post. This support apparently failed, causing the pipe to twist. The hose was pulled out of the tar cart directing the flow of hot tar toward Employee #1. In an attempt to get out of the way, he stepped backward off the roof. Employee #1 was killed almost instantly when his head struck an 18-in.-thick concrete retaining wall. There were no guardrails, warning lines, or safety belts in use anywhere on the roof.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, LIFELINE, FALL PROTECTION, WARNING LINE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, WALKING BACKWARD, HEAD, FALL, SAFETY BELT, CONSTRUCTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100697127			Occupation Not Listed
2	100697119			Occupation Not Listed
3	100697101			Occupation Not Listed
4	100697069	Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported
5	100697135			Occupation Not Listed
6	100697077			Occupation Not Listed
7	100697085			Occupation Not Listed
8	100697093			Occupation Not Listed
9	100697051			Occupation Not Listed

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