Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170561708 - Employee injured in fall through skylight opening

Accident Summary Nr: 170561708 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 01/12/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125244376	02/01/1995	1521	0	Brian Shew D/B/A Anything Wood F/K/A/Shew'S Const.

Abstract: Employee #1 was laying felt paper over the plywood roof of a one-story addition to a private home. He rolled the paper over a 30 in. by 38 in. skylight opening that had been cut in the roof earlier. He then began to tack the paper down, working back toward the opening. Forgetting about the opening, he inadvertently fell through the opening approximately 9 ft to the concrete floor. Employee #1 sustained elbow fractures and was hospitalized.

Keywords: ROOF OPENING COVER, SKYLIGHT, FRACTURE, ROOF, CONSTRUCTION, ROOFER, FALL, ELBOW, ROOF OPENING, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125244376			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters

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