Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171055494 - Employee injured in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 171055494 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 08/27/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126776400	08/27/1997	1751	0	Gleim General Const

Abstract: At approximately 11:15 a.m. on August 25, 1997, Employee #1, the foreman, was installing 4 ft wide by 8 ft long by 5/8 in. thick pieces of roof sheathing on a house with an 8:12 pitched roof. Employee #1 fell about 9 ft 6 in., landing on an approximately 3 ft high bunk of sheathing. He sustained a dislocated left elbow, a broken right elbow, and torn ligaments in his left knee. Employee #1 was not wearing any personal fall protection equipment, and no guardrail system, safety net system, or kickers/cleats were positioned on the edge of the roof.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, INSTALLING, ROOF, PPE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, 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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126776400			Non Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Supervisors; brickmasons, stonemasons, tilesetters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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