Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201117702 - Employee Falls From Roof and is Injured

Accident Summary Nr: 201117702 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 04/07/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300826971	04/14/2004	1521	236115	Greppin Construction

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on April 7, 2004, Employee #1, a rough carpenter/supervisor for a small construction company, was sheathing the roof of a single story single family guest house. He was working with another employee to lay down plywood sheathing to the roof of the structure. Neither employee was protected from falling over the edge of the roof. Employee #1 was carrying a 4-foot by 8-foot sheet of plywood while walking on the sheathed portion of the roof. He was carrying the plywood to the unsheathed area of the roof so that the other employee could tack it down. The wind blew the sheet of plywood which fell atop the peak of the roof. Employee #1 lost his balance and slid down the slope to the eave where he was stopped by the slide guards nailed on the roof. He regained his balance as the sheet slid down the slope towards him. The sheet impacted Employee #1 in the lower leg and he slid with the sheet falling 10 feet, 11 inches to the ground. Employee #1 sustained fractured vertebrae and was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital where he was hospitalized for his injury.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HIGH WIND, ROOF, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, LOST BALANCE, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300826971			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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