Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200610392 - Employee killed in fall from metal roof

Accident Summary Nr: 200610392 -- Report ID: 0111700 -- Event Date: 01/27/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302534763	06/17/1999	1761	0	Stanley Knapp Custom Builders

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing a metal roof on a 40 ft wide by 80 ft long wood frame church with an eave height of 20 ft. The structure had wood trusses supporting the roof and a sheathed deck. As he was working, Employee #1 slipped or slid and fell from the roof to the ground. He suffered a crushed pelvis, a fractured wrist, a lacerated bowel, and facial injuries. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he died on March 5, 1999, of complications secondary to his torn bowel. Coworkers later stated that the morning of the accident was cold and there was frost on the roof surface. No form of fall protection was present at the site.

Keywords: ROOF, WORK RULES, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SLIPPERY SURFACE, FROZEN, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1	20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302534763			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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