Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201100856 - Employee injured when fell off a roof

Accident Summary Nr: 201100856 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 11/12/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125670992	02/03/1999	1761	0	White Roofing

Abstract: Employee #1 worked for a small roofing contractor as a laborer, doing cleanup on the job site. Employee #1 was not assigned to be on the roof. He was to stay on the ground and clean up as material accumulated. The owner and two coworkers were on the ground, discussing the job, when they noticed Employee #1 on the edge of the roof attempting to pull a bundle of shingles up to the roof with a rope. When he realized that he could not get the shingles over the edge of the eave, he started to lower the bundle to the ground. Employee #1 stated that as he was lowering the bundle, the rope tangled on his glove and pulled him over the edge and he fell to the ground. He sustained fractures to his ribs and vertebrae. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, GLOVE, CLEANING, CONSTRUCTION, RIB, FALL, VERTEBRA

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	2	21

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125670992			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 21 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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