Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201067840 - Employee's Hand Is Burned by Hot Tar

Accident Summary Nr: 201067840 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 04/21/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307028159	06/17/2004	1761	238160	Roof Construction

Abstract: At 1:15 p.m. on April 21, 2004, Employee #1, a roofer, was working for an employer engaged in residential/commercial roofing who was re-roofing a building located on the campus of Sweetwater High School in National City, CA. The building had a flat, tar roof. Employee #1's direct supervisor told him to lay tarpaper. Employee #1 removed his cotton work gloves while doing this application. The supervisor then told Employee #1 to quickly bring him two buckets of tar. Employee #1 did not put his gloves back on. He was carrying the buckets of hot tar when his foot stuck on a piece of metal. He fell forward and hot tar splashed on the back of his left hand, burning it. Skin grafting was required, and he was hospitalized over 24 hours.

Keywords: BURN, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRIPPED, ROOFER, FALL, HOT TAR, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307028159			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Other

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