Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201408598 - Roofer Killed in 25 Ft. Fall from Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 201408598 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 02/18/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316165083	02/18/2013	1761	238160	Summit Roofing Inc

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on February 18, 2013, Employee #1, a 39-year-old male roofer with Summit Roofing Inc., and was part of a roofing crew installing roof insulation on a low sloped roof. A warning line system was in place. The foreman/safety monitor left the roof to check on materials on the ground. A coworker had been working outside the warning line system while wearing fall protection when his cell phone fell over the side of the roof to the ground below. Employee #1 exited the roof to retrieve his cell phone. Employee #1 had been working within the warning line system, but went to finish the coworker's work at the roof edge outside the warning line. Employee #1 did not use any fall protection system beyond the warning line system and a safety monitor was not present on the roof. Employee #1 stood up, took a step and fell approximately 25 ft. to the frozen ground below. Employee #1 was killed in the event.

Keywords: ROOF, PPE, CONSTRUCTION, ROOFER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, UNTRAINED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	316165083			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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