Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201273026 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 201273026 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 08/10/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314557406	08/10/2010	1542	236220	Clements Dean Building Company, Llc

Abstract: On August 10, 2010, Employee #1, of Clements Dean Building Company, LLC, was removing the roof over the Spring Street Recreation Center. He walked across the roof and he fell through a section of galvanized sheet metal, approximately 35 ft, to the concrete floor of an empty swimming pool and was killed. Employee #1 was not using fall protection. Another contributing factor for the incident was the galvanized sheet metal had been weakened over years of being exposed to chlorine vapors from the pool.

Keywords: ROOF, STEEL, CHLORINE, POOL, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000	1	38	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314557406			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 35 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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