Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 200202992 - Employee Killed In Fall Through Fiberglass Skylight

**Accident: 200202992 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 09/21/2007**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
310955935	09/22/2007	1791	Southern Classic Builders

On September 21, 2007, Employee #1 was working on the skylights of a building. He was kneeling down on the steel roof deck, removing the fiberglass skylight, when he either put his weight on his hand on the skylight, or he fell over onto the skylight. Employee #1 went through the fiberglass cover and fell, head first, 18 ft onto the concrete floor. He died of injuries sustained in the accident. The skylights were neither guarded nor otherwise protected.

Keywords: roof opening cover, skylight, head, roof, work rules, construction, fall, fall protection, roof opening

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	310955935			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt:19 Cause: Installation Of Decking-Flashing Of Decking FatCause: Fall from roof

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