Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201483781 - Employee injured when fell from a roof

Accident Summary Nr: 201483781 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 02/13/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125838813	07/21/1999	1742	0	Aalco, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 7:30 a.m. on February 13, 1999, Employee #1 was lathing to a Dutch gable area of a house under construction. As he applied a board into the small side of the Dutch gable, Employee #1 slipped on the roof paper and fell approximately 9 ft to the ground. Employee #1 sustained broken right elbow and compressed spinal cord. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LATHE, ROOF, SPINE, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, ELBOW

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125838813			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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