Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200201457 - Employee Falls Through Skylight Panel - Has Multiple Injury

Accident Summary Nr: 200201457 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 02/26/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303932743	03/21/2001	1761	0	Aaa Welding & Fabrication

Abstract: Employee #1, an employee of Aaa Welding & Fabrication, had a broken back, a fractured pelvis, a broken left foot, and a broken left arm when he fell thirty five feet through the fiberglass skylight panel. He was removing tin roofing sheets from the top of a metal building that is approximately two hundred feet long by sixty feet wide by forty feet high. He was not using any fall protection while working on the roof, and he was approximately thirty five feet above ground level removing a sheet of tin. He picked up the sheet, moved backwards and accidentally stepped on a fiberglass skylight panel. The skylight panel shattered causing Employee #1 to fall thirty five feet too the ground. Employee #1 had a broken back, a fractured pelvis, a broken left foot, and a broken left arm. He went to a local hospital for treatment.

Keywords: SKYLIGHT, FRACTURE, PANEL, BACK, PELVIS, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ARM, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303932743			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 35 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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