Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201173457 - Employee injured from 17-foot fall

Accident Summary Nr: 201173457 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 05/22/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125711051	06/11/2003	1751	238130	A C Framers Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 a.m. on May 22, 2003, Employee #1 and a coworker were working to remove a 20.33-foot by 4-inch piece of wood from a roof. Once Employee #1 and the coworker freed the piece of wood, they began to carry it for removal. Employee #1 was carrying one end of the piece of wood when he stepped on a strip of OSB plywood that was covering a roof opening, 30-inch long by16-inch wide. The OSB Plywood broke and Employee #1 fell through the roof opening, 17 feet, to a concrete floor. Employee #1 was hospitalized and treated for a compound fracture to his wrist and an injured knee.

Keywords: KNEE, FRACTURE, ROOF, COLLAPSE, CEILING, STRUCK AGAINST, ROOFER, FALL, ANKLE

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	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125711051			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 17 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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