Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201120250 - Employee injured in fall through skylight opening

Accident Summary Nr: 201120250 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 04/04/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119746535	04/08/1997	1761	0	Star Roofing, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was cleaning up various materials on a roof. Thinking it was there for him to pick up, he lifted a 4 by 8 sheet of plywood. Employee #1 was trying to remove it when he stepped into the unsecured and unlabeled skylight opening that it had been covering. He fell through the roof, sustaining injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: ROOF OPENING COVER, ROOF, UNSECURED, UNSECURED PANEL, WORK RULES, CLEANING, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, ROOF OPENING, UNGUARDED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119746535			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 19 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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