Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170066310 - Employee fractures leg in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 170066310 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 04/26/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104455035	04/29/1993	1761	0	Ocean City Roofing Company, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was one of three employees who were working on a dormer-type roof at a single family residence 18 ft above the ground and approximately 8 ft above a lower roof surface. Employee #1 was using a roofing spade to pry existing asphalt shingles off this roof so that new shingles could be installed. The employee was standing at the north end of this roof and was shoving the spade under a layer of shingles. He missed those shingles, however, and his momentum caused him to fall off the dormer-type roof and land on the lower roof surface. He fell off that surface and landed in a truck bed that was positioned next to the house in order to catch the discarded roof shingles. Employee #1 broke his right leg. Fall protection was not used by any of the three employees.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, ELDERLY, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104455035			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.