Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201093473 - Employee falls though unguarded opening and dies

Accident Summary Nr: 201093473 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 10/06/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300808227	10/06/1999	1794	0	Single Ply Systems Inc.

Abstract: During re-roofing operations of a light-industrial warehouse Employee #1 was carrying a 8 ft by 4 ft piece of foam insulation which may have been caught in the wind. Employee #1 was thrown backwards and fell through an unguarded skylight opening and fell approximately 36 ft to the concrete floor below. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: HIGH WIND, ROOF, CAUGHT BY, ROOFER, FALL, CONCRETE, UNGUARDED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300808227			Fatality	Amputation	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 36 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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