Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170390850 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 170390850 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 05/23/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309670339	05/24/2006	1799	238990	Environmental Assurance Company, Inc.

Abstract: On May 23, 2006, Employee #1 and three coworkers were removing transite roofing panels from a roof that was approximately 20 foot high, measured to the ridge. There were glass-reinforced plastic (fiberglass) skylights in the roof panels. Employee #1 was wearing a full body harness, but his lanyard was snapped back to the harness and was not attached to the horizontal lifeline that was provided. Employee #1 was cutting bolts that held the transite roof panels in place. When he finished, he turned and stepped on a skylight. It gave way, and he fell approximately 18 feet to the concrete floor on the inside of the building. He sustained a fracture to his head, and he was killed.

Keywords: SKYLIGHT, FRACTURE, HEAD, ROOF, PPE, LANYARD, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ROOF OPENING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition		Under $50,000	1	20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309670339			Fatality	Fracture	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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