Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201487717 - Employee Is Burned after Tripping and Falling Into Hot Tar

Accident Summary Nr: 201487717 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 05/31/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125760371	06/16/2005	1761	238160	Modern Method Roofing Co., Inc.

Abstract: On May 31, 2005, Employee #1 was rolling felt paper on a roof. He was walking backwards and he tripped on a piece of electrical conduit running across the roof. The conduit extruded about 1 ft from the roof surface. Employee #1 stumbled and hit a mop cart filled with hot tar, which spilled on the roof. Employee #1 landed in the hot tar and sustained second and third-degree burns on his back, shoulder and arms. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, ROOF, SHOULDER, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, TRIPPED, ARM, HOT TAR, LOST BALANCE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125760371			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Heat/hypothermia

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