Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14547707 - Employee injured in fall from edge of roof

Accident Summary Nr: 14547707 -- Report ID: 1050210 -- Event Date: 10/20/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103681789	10/26/1988	1791	0	Independent Steel Erectors

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a roof runner seaming machine on a 28 ft high roof. The operation required him to reach over the edge of the roof and roll the seaming machine out onto a wooden jig so it could start at the edge of the roof. Something slipped, and Employee #1 and the machine fell to the ground. He suffered several broken bones. Employee #1 was not wearing any type of fall arrest system, nor was any other type of fall protection provided.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, WORK RULES, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, ROOF SEAMER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WORK SURFACE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103681789			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers

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