Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201074291 - Worker Erecting Fumigation Tent Is Killed in Fall from Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 201074291 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 10/05/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312679921	10/05/2009	7342	561710	Columbia Pest Control

Abstract: At approximately 9:00 a.m. on October 5, 2009, Employee #1 was working fulltime for a pest control company. He and a coworker had arrived at a two-story, detached, single-family home at about 8:00 a.m. and were erecting a tent around it to fumigate it. Employee #1 was on the roof, when he fell approximately 19 feet. He landed on a wooden fence on the south side of the house and sustained a fractured neck. The coworker called emergency services, and the Oceanside, CA, Fire Department responded. Employee #1 was pronounced dead at the scene.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, FUMIGANT, FALL, FENCE, NECK, PESTICIDE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312679921			Fatality	Fracture	Pest control occupations

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