Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200784304 - Employee killed in fall through roof hatch opening

Accident Summary Nr: 200784304 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 09/06/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309545481	09/07/2007	1522	236116	Drexel Development Co.

Abstract: On September 6, 2007, Employee #1, a foreman for the Drexel Development Company of Dallas, TX, was installing a Babcock-Davis roof hatch, #BRHG3696, over an 8 ft long by 30 in. wide hole that had been cut in the roof of Building #9 at the Drexel Park Hollow condominium complex. He had removed a sheet of 4 ft long by 8 ft wide by 7/8-in. thick plywood that was covering the hole when he fell approximately 33 ft onto a concrete floor. Employee #1 was killed. He was not wearing any form of fall protection.

Keywords: ROOF OPENING COVER, INSTALLING, ROOF, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ROOF OPENING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309545481			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 33 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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