Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201340981 - Employee killed in fall through hole in roof

Accident Summary Nr: 201340981 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 06/16/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302761887	06/16/2000	1761	0	Serrault Roofing, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was inspecting and estimating further work on the roof of a warehouse from which a large heating unit had been removed, leaving a 36 in. square hole. The roof was in the process of being patched by a hot tar roofing contractor. In response to complaints from warehouse personnel about pea gravel falling on them, the general contractor had covered the hole with a 1/2 in. thick piece of fiberboard roofing insulation. Employee #1 spoke briefly with the general contractor, then turned and stepped on the hole cover. The material gave way and he fell 27 ft onto the concrete floor of the warehouse. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: ROOF OPENING COVER, COVER, ROOF, BARRIER GUARD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, ROOF OPENING, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302761887			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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