Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201794328 - Employee Injured in Fall From Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 201794328 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 03/19/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119822849	03/19/2001	1761	0	Rgsla Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 2:33 p.m. on March 19, 2001, Employee #1 was working on the roof of a building. Two 2-inch by 4-inch and one 4-foot by 8-foot particle board known as Oriented Strand Board (OSB) were placed as a cover on top of the sky light opening. Employee #1 was doing base flashing detail work to the curbs of the sky light openings when he fell 37 feet, 8 inches through the sky light opening to the concrete floor. He sustained a severe head injury and a fractured leg. Employee #1 was transported to Cedar Sinai Medical Center where he was hospitalized.

Keywords: SKYLIGHT, FRACTURE, HEAD, ROOF, BUILDING, FALL, CONCRETE, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3	80

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119822849			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 38 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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