Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170787717 - Employee injured in fall through roof opening

Accident Summary Nr: 170787717 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 01/27/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125795773	01/27/1998	1761	0	L.E. Boyd

Abstract: Employee #1, a carpenter, was at the edge of a roof, attaching 4 in. long by 6 in. wide wooden sections onto an existing I-beam. He ran out of bolts and unhooked himself from the tie-off line to get more. He had returned to the edge of the roof when he stepped on a loose section of plywood and fell 27 ft through an opening, landing on some horizontal rebars on the floor. Employee #1 was unconscious for a short time before being transported to the hospital. He fractured his right arm in two places and sustained multiple facial fractures. Employee #1 had not reattached his safety line after returning to the roof's edge.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNSECURED PANEL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ARM, ROOF OPENING, FACE, TIE-OFF

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	2	27

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125795773			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 27 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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