Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200350361 - Employee's head injured in fall from vehicle, later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 200350361 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 08/02/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301789285	08/15/1997	1761	0	Sunlife Systems International, Inc.

Abstract: On August 2, 1997, Employee #1, two coworkers, and their supervisor were installing a new roof on the maintenance building of the North Carolina Department of Transportation's facility in Mann's Harbor. They finished the roof coating, loaded the debris into a pickup truck, and then discarded the debris into dumpsters. When this was done, the supervisor pulled the truck around the building to load equipment. Employee #1 was standing in the back of the truck while they were driving when some five gallon buckets of roof coating fell over. He jumped off the back of the truck, apparently to avoid being struck by the rolling buckets. Employee #1 landed on his feet, but then lost his balance and fell, striking the back of his head against the asphalt pavement. He was treated by local emergency personnel, and then flown by helicopter to a hospital in Norfolk, VA. He was pronounced brain dead on August 7, 1997, and died a day later.

Keywords: HEAD, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, ROOFER, FALL, PICKUP TRUCK, LOST BALANCE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	2	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301789285			Fatality	Concussion	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 2 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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