Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200881696 - Employee Dies after Fall from Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200881696 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 01/26/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312373616	01/27/2010	1521	236115	Roy Builders Inc.

Abstract: On January 26, 2010, Employee #1 was installing sheathing and shingles on a single family house under construction. While climbing from a scaffold to the roof, he apparently slipped and fell between the house and the scaffold plank, 27 ft to the frozen ground. Employee #1 was transported by ambulance to a local hospital, where he died.

Keywords: FRACTURE, INSTALLING, ROOF, ROOF DECKING, SLIP, ROOFER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312373616			Fatality	Fracture	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 28 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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