Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201614641 - Sheet Metal Worker Fractures Arm in Fall from Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 201614641 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 12/27/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314613357	12/29/2010	3499	332999	Santiam Investments Llc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314613316	12/29/2010	1751	236220	Silco Commercial Construction Inc

Abstract: At approximately 11:30 a.m. on December 27, 2010, an employee was working for a firm that fabricated sheet metal products. He was at a construction site, installing sheet metal on the flat roof of a building. He was walking backward, when he tripped and fell over a parapet approximately one foot high at the edge of the roof. He fell approximately 17 feet to the ground below. He sustained a fracture to his arm. There are two injury lines, as there were two employers.

Keywords: TRIPPED, WALKING BACKWARD, LOST BALANCE, FRACTURE, ROOF, SHEET METAL, CONSTRUCTION, WALKING SURFACE, FALL, ARM

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	17

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314613357			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Sheet metal workers
2	314613316					Occupation not reported

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