Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170628721 - Employee injured in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 170628721 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 02/05/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125773960	02/18/1998	1795	0	Jack Morehouse Building

Abstract: Employee #1 was dismantling the roof of a metal warehouse. He was taking apart a row of metal roof sheets and planned to stack the sheets until they could be lowered to the ground. He was walking on the loose sheets as he moved across the roof when he felt them start to slide out from under him. Employee #1 lunged to the left and tried unsuccessfully to grab the frame of the roof structure before he fell. He sustained serious injuries, for which he was hospitalized. Employee #1 was not using any form of fall protection.

Keywords: ROOF, DISMANTLING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, METAL SHEET, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ROOF PANEL, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition		$50,000 to $250,000	1	42

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125773960			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 22 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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