Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171059330 - Employee injured in fall through skylight opening

Accident Summary Nr: 171059330 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 06/06/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303606354	06/07/2000	1541	0	Hansen-Rice

Abstract: Employee #1 was bolting up metal sheeting on a roof. He was walking backward when he went under the caution tape strung around a skylight and fell 24 ft 6 in. through the opening. Employee #1 landed on a concrete slab, sustaining injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: ROOF OPENING COVER, SKYLIGHT, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ROOF OPENING, WALKING BACKWARD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		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	303606354			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 24 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Connecting Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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