Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201116654 - Employee is injured in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 201116654 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 08/26/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300826260	09/10/2003	1521	236115	Weslar

Abstract: At about 1:10 p.m. on August 26, 2003, Employee #1, a 42-year-old carpenter was performing a regularly assigned task of laying plywood to install it on the roof of the two- story home under construction. Employee #1 slipped off the roof at a height of 20 ft 5 in. while placing the first row of plywood. He was not tied off to prevent a fall from the unprotected eve of the roof of the structure. Employee #1 sustained two broken ribs on the right side and tendon damage to the right shoulder. Employee #1 was hospitalized at Henry Mayo Memorial Hospital.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TENDON, ROOF, SHOULDER, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, RIB, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300826260			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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