Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170134175 - Employee injured in fall through roof opening

Accident Summary Nr: 170134175 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 04/22/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301235453	03/12/1997	1711	0	Fullman Company Llc

Abstract: Employee #1 was moving a trash bin up a set of two steps and needed a sheet of plywood for a ramp. The sheet he selected was not secured or marked to indicate it was covering a hole. Employee #1 lifted the edge of the plywood without checking under it and, as he started forward to stand it on edge, he fell 12 ft through the hole to the floor of the tunnel. He sustained a cracked vertebra and a fractured left wrist.

Keywords: ROOF OPENING COVER, ROOF, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, FALL, ROOF OPENING, UNGUARDED, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000		12

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301235453			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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