Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201630993 - Employee's back broken in fall through skylight opening

Accident Summary Nr: 201630993 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 06/13/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303596191	06/16/2000	1761	0	Westurn Cedar Inc

Abstract: At approximately 12:20 p.m. on June 13, 2000, Employee #1 went to a residence to give an estimate for the re-shake of the dwelling. He climbed to the roof on a ladder propped against the 8 ft high eave. As he traversed the roof, which had a 5:12 pitch, he failed to notice three 2 ft by 6 ft skylight openings, each one covered by the contractor with a piece of Tyvek. Employee #1 stepped onto one of these pieces of Tyvek and fell 15 ft through the skylight opening. He sustained three fractured vertebrae.

Keywords: SKYLIGHT, FRACTURE, CONSTRUCTION, WALKING SURFACE, FALL, ROOF OPENING, VERTEBRA, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303596191			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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