Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170835680 - Employee Is Injured in Fall Through Skylight on Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 170835680 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 03/27/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125541300	04/01/2008	3444	332439	Advanced Manufacturing And Development Inc Dba Met

Abstract: At 10:30 am on March 27, 2008, Employee #1 was finishing the preventive maintenance on an exhaust fan on a roof. His employer is a custom sheet metal and contract manufacturing business. Employee #1 stepped back from the exhaust fan and fell through a four foot by twelve foot skylight located next to the exhaust fan. Employee #1 fell approximately 20 feet from the roof and landed on a water tank cover. Employee #1 received a broken lumbar vertebra, with bone fragments and was hospitalized.

Keywords: EXHAUST SYSTEM, SKYLIGHT, FRACTURE, MAINTENANCE, FAN, ROOF, SPINE, FALL, VERTEBRA

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125541300			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec

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