Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201156635 - Employee injured in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 201156635 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 10/09/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300859998	10/30/2002	1751	0	Renn Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:20 a.m. on October 9, 2002, Employee #1, working for Renn Construction Inc., was working on the roof of a new restaurant under construction. He had just finished marking a board to cut when he stood up and stepped backwards on an unsecured plywood sheet. The sheet tipped up and the employee fell through the roof trusses. He fell 15 feet 6 inches to the concrete floor and suffered a fractured left wrist, a sprained right wrist, and a broken jaw. Paramedics provided emergency medical care and transported him to the Riverside County Regional Medical Center, Moreno Valley, CA where he was hospitalized for 2 days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TRUSS, ROOF, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300859998			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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