Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201158201 - Employee fell 16 feet through roof opening

Accident Summary Nr: 201158201 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 08/21/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300863529	09/19/2003	1751	238130	Tandem West Group

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on August 21, 2003, an employee was carrying a piece of plywood across a roof. The plywood was 4 feet by 8 feet. He stepped onto a roof opening that had been covered with another piece of plywood. This opening was where the air conditioning unit was to be installed and was 49 inches wide by 49 inches long. As the employee was walking over the unsecured plywood, it shifted and he fell through the opening. He fell 16 feet and landed on the cement floor. He was hospitalized at Loma Linda University Hospital and had surgery on his fractured left wrist.

Keywords: ROOF OPENING COVER, FRACTURE, ROOF, CARPENTER, UNSECURED PANEL, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, ROOF OPENING, WORK SURFACE, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300863529			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters

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