Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200570752 - Employee is killed when he loses balance and falls from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 200570752 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 05/26/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305840621	05/26/2004	1741	238140	Caretti, Incorporated

Abstract: On May 26, 2004, several prime contractors were building an addition onto a school. One was installing lumber around the perimeter on the top of a 16-foot high steel frame that would later be used to mount a skylight. To do so, a 73-inch by 11-foot roof deck pan was loosened and moved back from the edge of the frame, to allow work to proceed. While working on the perimeter lumber, an employee who returned from lunch climbed down a ladder adjacent to the skylight opening. He stepped onto the unfastened roof deck pan and fell 31 feet to the concrete floor.

Keywords: HEAD, ROOF, CONSTRUCTION, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, LOST BALANCE, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305840621			Fatality	Other	Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 31 feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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