Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201262482 - Roofer Falls Through Skylight, Suffers Multiple Injuries

Accident Summary Nr: 201262482 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 12/29/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312830516	12/29/2008	1761	238160	Windward Roofing & Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on December 29, 2008, two roofers were doing roofing work, and accessed the roof area by going up a fixed ladder in the warehouse. They started work in the center of the building, and the foreman instructed his coworker to clear away the loose gravel with a shovel. The foreman went back into the building to try and figure out their location on the roof relative to the inside of the building. The foreman was going to listen to his coworker's scraping noise. While the foreman was inside the building, his coworker continued removing gravel. The coworker was walking backwards when he fell through a skylight, into the Information Technology (IT) closet, below. A drop ceiling, metal shelf, and suspended pipes in the IT closet broke the worker's 24-ft fall to the floor below. The worker was hospitalized with scrapes, cuts, and bruises. The employee and the foreman were not wearing personal fall protection, as it wasn't in usable condition.

Keywords: SKYLIGHT, ROOF, WORK RULES, TORSO, ROOFER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WORK SURFACE, CONTUSION, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312830516			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 24 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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