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Accident: 200784304 - Employee Killed In Fall Through Roof Hatch Opening
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 309545481 | 09/07/2007 | 1522 | Drexel Development Co. |
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
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-family dwelling | New project or new addition | $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 | 3 | X | |||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 309545481 | Fatality | Other | Construction laborers | FallDist: FallHt:33 Cause: Exterior carpentry FatCause: Fall through opening (other than roof) |