Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170843791 - Employee's back fractured in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 170843791 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 05/27/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125590844	05/28/1999	1751	0	Pinnacle Builders, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing roof sheeting on a single-family home under construction when he fell 18 ft, fracturing his back and right elbow. Employee #1 had been provided ppe, but he was not using it at the time of the accident.

Keywords: FRACTURE, INSTALLING, ROOF, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, ROOFER, FALL, ELBOW

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1	18

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125590844			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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