Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200926335 - Roofing Worker Dies after Cerebral Hemorrhage

Accident Summary Nr: 200926335 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 06/26/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316606649	06/29/2012	1761	238160	Crown Corr Inc

Abstract: On June 26, 2012, Employee #1 and coworkers, of Crown Corr Inc., a Gary, IN roofing, siding, and sheet metal work contractor, were working on the roof of the nearly completed supplemental SMOF/Submarine Facility at Newport News Shipyard in Virginia. Employee #1 began feeling ill. He was taken down from the roof to be treated by the shipyard's emergency medical service. He was transported to Riverside Regional Medical Center and admitted to the Intensive Care Unit, having suffered an apparent stroke. Employee #1 died at Riverside Hospital on June 29, 2012, after removal from life support. No autopsy was conducted. This was classified as a natural causes death, with reference to the Death Certificate, which listed cause of death as intracranial hemorrhage caused by hypertension. The death was not related to a Virginia (VOSH) standard.

Keywords: ROOF, HEMORRHAGE, CONSTRUCTION, ROOFER, BRAIN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	1	140	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	316606649			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Other

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