Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201403714 - Employee injured in fall through skylight opening

Accident Summary Nr: 201403714 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 02/17/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127078871	02/18/2000	1541	0	Visser Bros Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing steel roof panels when he stepped onto a skylight that was covered with plastic material. He fell 19 ft through the skylight to the ground and sustained multiple fractures, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: ROOF OPENING COVER, SKYLIGHT, FRACTURE, COVER, INSTALLING, ROOF, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, ROOF OPENING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127078871			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 19 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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