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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 200555647 - Estimator Falls Through Rotted Roof Section And Is Killed

**Accident: 200555647 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 12/30/2008**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
311529036	01/09/2009	1799	Duralite Insulators Inc

At approximately 1:00 a.m. on December 30, 2008, an insurance estimator was on the roof of an old warehouse in the warehouse district of New Orleans, LA, in order to write-up an estimate for replacing the roof. As he proceeded across the roof, he walked across a rotted out section. Unable to support the estimator's weight, the roof decking collapsed. He fell through the roof to a concrete slab 35 ft below and was killed.

Keywords: roof collapse, head, roof, roof decking, warehouse, work rules, fall, fall protection, concussion, work surface

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other building		Other		Under $50,000	5		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	311529036			Fatality	Concussion	Construction inspectors	FallDist: FallHt:35 Cause: Roofing FatCause: Fall from roof

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