Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201179165 - Employee Is Burned by Hot Tar During Roofing Job

Accident Summary Nr: 201179165 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 01/05/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309365633	02/09/2006	1761	238160	Crc Roofing Inc

Abstract: On January 5, 2006, Employee #1 was applying hot tar, as part of a monolithic hot tar installation, to the roof of a new single story commercial building. He was moving hot tar in a mop bucket, when he tripped and lost his balance. As he was falling, he grabbed the mop bucket handle and was burned when he fell onto hot tar and was splashed with hot tar from the mop bucket. Employee #1 sustained burns to his hands, buttocks, neck and arms. He was transported to UC Davis Medical Center, where he was hospitalized for 15 days.

Keywords: BURN, ROOF, BUTTOCKS, CONSTRUCTION, ROOFER, FALL, NECK, HOT TAR, LOST BALANCE, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1	15

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309365633			Hospitalized injury	Burn(Chemical)	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 1 feet Cause: Exterior cladding Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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