Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 149314.015 - Employee repairing roof is killed in fall through skylight

Accident Summary Nr: 149314.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 08/31/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1618845.015	09/01/2022		238160	Assured Quality Roofing

Abstract: At 12:45 p.m. on August 31, 2022, an employee who was a roofer was walking on the roof of a commercial building while performing maintenance. The employee fell through a skylight panel and fell over 32 feet onto palletized materials and then the plant floor and died.

Keywords: Arm, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Commercial Building, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Head, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lung, Maintenance, Opening, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Palletized Cargo, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Repair, Roof, Roof Opening, Roof Opening Cover, Roofer, Skylight, Walking Surface, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair				32	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1618845.015	66	M	Fatality		Roof Repair: Sheet Metal	Distance of Fall: 32 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 32 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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