Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201570801 - Employee fell through roof while moving smokescreen

Accident Summary Nr: 201570801 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 05/10/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303676878	05/16/2001	1541	0	Kieft Brothers West, Inc.

Abstract: On May 10, 2001, Employee #1 and three other roofing employees were assigned to install roofing material on a flat roof. Since a smokescreen was installed on the roof in the wrong location, they were instructed to remove it from the roof and place the smokescreen in another area. Employee #1 and the other worker decided to move the smokescreen themselves. Each employee was on the corner of the smokescreen. They lifted it up and began moving it. Employee #1 slipped and fell through the hole made by the smokescreen being removed, approximately 33 ft to the concrete floor. Employee #1 sustained fracture and was hospitalized. No fall protection system was utilized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, SCREEN, SLIP, ROOFER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1	33

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303676878			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 33 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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