Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200962637 - Employee's skull fractured in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 200962637 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 01/22/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302477724	01/28/1999	1761	0	Roof Care Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were placing roofing paper over a plywood on an 8-in-12 pitched subroof when he unhooked his safety harness to descend the ladder and retrieve another roll of roofing paper. He returned to the roof and was just about to re-hook his harness when the roll of paper started to fall. Employee #1 grabbed for it, slipped, and fell approximately 15 ft from the eave, landing on his head and face in a concrete basement stairwell approximately 7 ft below the ground. He sustained a fractured skull, for which he was hospitalized. The employer had a bilingual (English/Spanish) fall protection program and Employee #1 was wearing fall protection at the time of the accident.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, WORK RULES, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, SKULL, ROOFER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302477724			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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