Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200710424 - Employee killed in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 200710424 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 04/29/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300517638	04/29/1998	1791	0	W.F.C. Constructors, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was part of a crew installing a standing-seam metal roof on a structural steel building that they had also installed. The crew had returned to work on the roof after their morning break and had just rolled out a new sheet of insulation prior to laying roofing sheets over it. All together, they placed the insulation over the leading edge of the previously installed roof sheets. Employee #1 was stepping around the foreman to tear the plastic off the insulation when one of his feet stepped on a roof sheet and the other landed on the unprotected insulation. He lost his balance and fell 29 ft onto the concrete floor. Employee #1 died of head injuries sustained in the fall. No form of fall protection was being used by any of the crew.

Keywords: HEAD, INSTALLING, ROOF, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, ROOFER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, LOST BALANCE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	29	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300517638			Fatality	Concussion	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 29 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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