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Accident: 200781268 - Employee Killed In Fall When Roof Decking Gives Way
Accident: 200781268 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 03/19/1999
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
122187339 | 03/22/1999 | 1761 | American Roofing & Metal Co.,Inc. |
At approximately 9:00 a.m. on March 17, 1999, Employee #1, a laborer, was part of a roofing crew that was removing the built-up roof and roof insulation from a building at the Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, TX. He was spudding the felt layer above the gypsum concrete deck when two-and-a-half sections of the deck gave way underneath him. He fell 20 ft through the roof deck onto the concrete flooring inside the building. Employee #1 was killed.
Keywords:
roof, collapse, roof decking, unsecured, work rules, construction, roofer, fall, fall protection
Accident Details
End Use |
Proj Type |
Proj Cost |
Stories |
NonBldgHt |
Fatality |
Other building |
Maintenance or repair |
Under $50,000 |
6 |
20 |
X |
Employee Details
Employee # |
Inspection |
Age |
Sex |
Degree |
Nature |
Occupation |
1 |
122187339 |
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|
Fatality |
Other |
Occupation not reported |