Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171062243 - Employee injured in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 171062243 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 03/26/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304417256	03/29/2002	1521	0	George Price Construction

Abstract: On March 26, 2002, Employee #1 was placing sheeting on the roof at a residential construction project. No fall protection equipment was being used, and Employee #1 lacked training and experience. Employee #1 fell from the roof and suffered multiple fractures to both wrists that required reconstruction. Employee #1 also sustained a laceration on his forehead and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, FOREHEAD, LACERATION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WRIST

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	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304417256			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; brickmasons, stonemasons, tilesetters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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