Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170098750 - Employee Killed In Fall From Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 170098750 -- Report ID: 1055340 -- Event Date: 10/24/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304828403	10/26/2001	1521	0	Norwest Construction Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was the foreman of a crew that was completing a roofing job. Employee #1 had recently had two retina surgeries and had been suffering with blurred and double vision. Employee #1 had recently been involved in a motor vehicle accident due to a loss of depth perception and visual activity resulting from the surgery. Employee #1 had been on site 15 minutes when he fell 16 ft 11 in. to a concrete sidewalk landing on his head and left shoulder. Employee #1 suffered skull and rib fractures and a torn aorta. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, ROOF, SHOULDER, SKULL, RIB, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	2	16	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304828403			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 19 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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