Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170625834 - Employee injured in fall through roof opening

Accident Summary Nr: 170625834 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 04/20/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119977726	08/17/2000	1541	0	Karsyn Construction Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was working on the roof of a new school, securing and covering his personal tools. He found a sheet of plywood that would cover his tools, picked it up by its long edge, and started to walk it up. Employee #1 was not looking where he was stepping and he fell 10 ft 7 in. through a roof opening. He landed on his head, sustaining serious head and body injuries. The plywood on the roof had not been secured, nor was it marked as covering a roof opening.

Keywords: ROOF OPENING COVER, HEAD, COVER, ROOF, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, ROOF OPENING, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119977726			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 7 feet Cause: Fireproofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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