Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170897979 - Employee fractures skull in fall through roof

Accident Summary Nr: 170897979 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 02/19/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126128594	03/19/1999	1761	0	Meyer'S Roofing Co.,Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 2:45 p.m. on February 19, 1999, Employee #1, age 19, of Meyer's Roofing Company, and five coworkers were restoring the roof of an older commercial building in Los Angeles, CA. Employee #1 was inspecting an old 12 ft by 3 ft wooden rafter when it suddenly gave way and he fell 26 ft through the roof to the floor. He suffered a fractured skull and was hospitalized at USC Medical Center. The job foreman stated that Employee #1's weight had caused the rafter to give way, and that the weak rafter had not been noticed before the accident.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, ROOF, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, RAFTER, SKULL, ROOFER, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	26

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126128594			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 26 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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