Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170618169 - Employee killed in fall through roof insulation cover

Accident Summary Nr: 170618169 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 04/24/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125798538	04/24/1998	1761	0	Cranston Steel Structures Inc

Abstract: At approximately 9:00 a.m. on April 24, 1998, Employee #1, a laborer, was helping to install a steel deck roof on a large tilt-up structure. He walked out to the leading edge of the roof deck and then stepped onto a white vinyl sheet used to support the insulation. Employee #1 fell 33 ft 6 in. through the vinyl sheet onto a concrete floor. He was killed. The glare of the morning sun may have prevented Employee #1 from being able to distinguish between the surface of the steel roof deck and that of the white vinyl.

Keywords: INSTALLING, ROOF, ROOF DECKING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WORK SURFACE, POOR VISIBILITY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125798538			Fatality	Other	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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