Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170787923 - Employee's hand burned by hot tar

Accident Summary Nr: 170787923 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 08/12/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125799999	01/12/1998	1761	0	C.E. Yancy Roofing

Abstract: On August 12, 1997, Employee #1, of C.E. Yancey Roofing, was hot tarring a roof at a site in Orangevale, CA. He was carrying a bucket of hot tar when he fell on the roof and his left hand went into the hot tar. Employee #1 was taken by ambulance to U.C. Davis Medical Center, where he was hospitalized with third-degree burns on his hand

Keywords: BURN, ROOF, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, HOT TAR, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000	2	18

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125799999			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 1 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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