Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201094935 - Employee hospitalized when he falls through roof panel

Accident Summary Nr: 201094935 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 08/09/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126180199	08/14/2001	3444	0	Pacific Coast Sheet Metal

Abstract: At approximately 1:00 p.m. on August 9, 2001, an employee fell approximately 24 feet through a roof panel and landed on a concrete floor. The injured employee was the supervisor at a job site. He had finished putting up a drip system on the edge of a patio roof. He then went on the patio roof to help secure the corrugated metal roof panels to the beams. The employee stepped on one panel which gave away. He fell and was hospitalized with a broken hip and three broken vertebrae. No fall protection of any kind was being used.

Keywords: SKYLIGHT, ROOF, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, CONCRETE, ROOF PANEL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126180199			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Sheetmetal duct installers

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