Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 153462.015 - Employee falls 17 feet while roofing home, later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 153462.015 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 09/10/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1620924.015	09/09/2022		238160	Lcc Roofing Inc

Abstract: At 8:15 a.m. on September 10, 2022, an employee was performing roofing activities on a second story roof above the garage of a single-family residential home. Duties included setting up drop cloth/tarp from the roof edge to the lower levels. The employee had stripped off the ridge cap when he fell 17 feet from the roof onto the asphalt driveway below. The employee incurred blunt force trauma to his head resulting in a fractured skull. The employee was pronounced dead the following day.

Keywords: Anchor, Asphalt, Construction, Defect, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Head, Inexperience, Residential Construction, Roof, Roofer, Skull, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair			2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1620924.015	21	M	Fatality		Roofers	Distance of Fall: 17 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 17 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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