Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201065406 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 201065406 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 08/23/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300791415	09/11/2002	1761	0	Padilla Roofing Services

Abstract: At approximately 11:15 a.m. on August 23, 2002, Employee #1, a journeyman roofer, was laying felt on the roof of a one-story residence under construction. As he completed laying the felt on the roof and was near the roof's edge, Employee #1 began to make a line for the first horizontal row of tiles on a 3.5-feet-wide by 50-feet-long section of roof. He was crouched down on the overhang, when his right foot slipped off the edge of the roof. He tried to stop himself by grabbing for a hand-hold, but fell 8.83 feet to the ground. Employee #1 was hospitalized and treated for a fractured heel and a compression fracture of his L1 vertebra. He was not wearing fall protection at the time of the accident because the roof was so low.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, CONSTRUCTION, ROOFER, FALL, VERTEBRA, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1	15

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300791415			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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