Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201485000 - Employee Injures Neck and Back in Fall from Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 201485000 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 08/14/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301121208	08/28/2002	1751	0	Pinnacle Builders, Inc.,

Abstract: On August 14, 2002, Employee #1 was working on the second-floor roof of a house when a lunch truck arrived. He had the untied rope from his waist when he slipped on an object on the roof. He began to fall and in an attempt to stop his fall, he grabbed a piece of plywood, but the plywood was not secured. Employee #1 fell 25 ft to the ground and seriously injured his neck and back. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: ROOF, UNSECURED PANEL, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, DISLOCATED, ROOFER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, NECK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301121208			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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