Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201157799 - Employee falls from roof and sustains multiple fractures

Accident Summary Nr: 201157799 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 06/04/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125884858	06/11/2003	1751	238130	Panelized Structures Inc

Abstract: At approximately 7:30 a.m. on June 4, 2003, an employee of Panelized Structures Inc. raised a stack of 45 plywood sheets, 4 ft by 8 ft by 0.5 in., along with 2-ft by 8-ft boards, and hangers, onto the top of the roof of building number 8, utilizing a fork lift. The employee went to the top of the roof via an extension ladder to unload the plywood sheets. As he pulled one plywood sheet off the stack and stepped backward, he fell 21 ft through a 2- ft by 8-ft roof opening down to the concrete floor, sustaining serious multiple fractures of his both feet and left elbow. He was hospitalized and treated for fractures.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, FALL, ELBOW, FOOT

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	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125884858			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 24 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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