Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201032638 - Employee injured in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 201032638 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 12/21/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300758125	12/30/1999	1761	0	A & L Roof Cleanoff Service Inc

Abstract: On December 21, 1999, Employee #1, a foreman for a roof removal company, was pulling a roofing cutter while walking backward on the roof of a school cafeteria building under construction. He was walking parallel to the edge of the roof, and about 3 ft from the edge, when he stepped off the end and fell 10 ft onto a concrete ramp. He suffered fractures of his two uppermost vertebrae and lacerated a major neural artery to the brain, resulting in stroke-like symptoms. There were no headers or warning lines in the area of the roof from which Employee #1 fell.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, WARNING LINE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WALKING BACKWARD, VERTEBRA, BRAIN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300758125			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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