Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201112869 - Employee slips and falls from a roof

Accident Summary Nr: 201112869 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 11/02/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126030576	11/08/2000	1761	0	United Roofing Co.

Abstract: On November 2, 2000, Employee #1 was removing roofing material that had been stripped off of the roof to dump it into the bed of a truck that had the bed elevated to the roof line. After he dumped the material into the truck, he turned to go back for another load. He slipped and fell 10 ft to a concrete driveway. He was hospitalized with a broken hip and wrist.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, SLIP, ROOFER, FALL, CONCRETE, HIP, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126030576			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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