Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200850501 - Employee killed in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 200850501 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 11/23/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300615648	11/24/1997	1741	0	Aguirre Restoration,Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a Reimann Georger gasoline-powered material hoist to lower debris from the tenth to the sixth floor roof when the hoist was pulled over the edge by the load. He was catapulted into the air and fell four stories to the sixth floor roof. Employee #1 was killed. The hoist was unstable because the counterweights had, for some reason, been removed. The machine had not been locked or tagged out after the weights were taken out.

Keywords: ROOF, HOISTING MECHANISM, COUNTERBALANCE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, HOIST, LOCKOUT, FALL, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000	32		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300615648			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 100 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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