Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170864078 - Employee suffers multiple fractures in fall through skylight

Accident Summary Nr: 170864078 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 02/05/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119799898	02/28/1997	1761	0	Royal Roofing

Abstract: On February 5, 1997, Employee #1, an apprentice roofer for Royal Roofing, was instructed by his foreman to leave the delineated active roofing area and retrieve a wheeled stapler from a temporary storage shed. As he pulled the stapler away, it became entangled with other equipment and he fell approximately 40 ft through an unguarded, undelineated skylight onto concrete. He sustained serious multiple fractures of his legs, hip, and arm.

Keywords: ROOF OPENING COVER, SKYLIGHT, FRACTURE, BARRIER GUARD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ROOF OPENING, UNGUARDED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119799898			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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