Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200626927 - Employee Falls While Lifting Equipment, Later Dies

Accident Summary Nr: 200626927 -- Report ID: 0454713 -- Event Date: 06/06/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
317211621	06/14/2013	1711	238220	Jake Marshall Service Inc

Abstract: On June 6, 2013, Employee #1, with Jake Marshall Service, Inc., was lifting a 200 pound compressor to the roof of a building, where he was going to replace the old compressor with the new one. Employee #1 had placed a pulley with a rope tied to the structural I-beam of the air conditioner units on the roof. Employee #1 then had a coworker tie a rope around the compressor on the ground and ran the rope through the pulley. The coworker pulled the rope and lifted the compressor up the side of the building. The compressor got hung on the gutter of the building, and Employee #1 leaned out over the edge to maneuver the compressor off the gutter. At this point, the rope holding the pulley on the I-beam broke, and the compressor and pulley fell, pulling Employee #1 over the edge of the roof. Employee #1 fell 22 feet to the asphalt parking lot below. Employee #1 was hospitalized, but he died on June 13, 2013.

Keywords: BEAM, COMPRESSOR, RAIN SPOUT, INSTALLING, ROOF, ROPE, AIR CONDITIONER, FALL, PLUMBING, PULLEY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000	22		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	317211621			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 22 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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