Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200758795 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 200758795 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 03/31/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311842355	04/01/2009	1761	238160	Gest Contracting

Abstract: At approximately 11:40 a.m. on March 31, 2009, Employee #1 was cleaning debris from the roof of a garage following the installation of new shingles. The roof was about 10 feet from the ground and had a pitch of 6:12. Additionally, no fall protection was used. As Employee #1 walked to the edge of the roof to throw away some materials, he fell, head first, into an adjacent dumpster and was killed. The accident investigation revealed that the employer had no training records to indicate that any training on fall protection systems was administered.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, LIFELINE, CONSTRUCTION, ROOFER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, NECK, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	2	10	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311842355			Fatality	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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