Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200750933 - Employee killed in backward fall off roof

Accident Summary Nr: 200750933 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 09/06/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112539655	09/07/2000	1761	0	Phinney Industrial Roofing

Abstract: On September 6, 2000, Employee #1 was using a chalk line to mark outside the warning line system of a low-sloped roof when he fell off backward approximately 25 ft onto a blacktop road. He was killed. At the time of the accident, the safety monitor was on another section of the roof.

Keywords: ROOF, WARNING LINE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL PROTECTION, WALKING BACKWARD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	112539655			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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