Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201400306 - Employee injured in fall with tractor from warehouse roof

Accident Summary Nr: 201400306 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 01/20/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124907296	02/03/1997	1761	0	Vanbeck Roofing & Siding

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a garden-type tractor with a snow blade attachment to remove snow that had accumulated on the roof of a 34 ft tall warehouse. He was pushing snow over the edge when his foot slipped off the clutch and the machine lunged forward and over the edge. Employee #1 fell to the ground, sustaining injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: SNOWPLOW BLADE, ROOF, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, LOST CONTROL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	124907296			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 34 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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