Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201797255 - Employee injures wrist in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 201797255 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 08/21/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126090588	08/25/2003	1761	238160	Sun Valley Skylights Inc

Abstract: At 10:15 a.m. on August 21, 2003, Employee #1 with Sun Valley Skylight and two coworkers were on the roof of a church chapel installing skylights. All three were tied off using harnesses, lanyards, rope grabs, and safety ropes that were anchored to the peak of the roof with a roof bracket. When Employee #1 put some weight on his safety rope to reposition himself on the roof, a metallic click was heard by the coworkers, and Employee #1 fell down the 12-to-12 sloped roof, and then fell 10 ft to the ground. He was hospitalized at Huntington Memorial Hospital for a fractured right wrist.

Keywords: SKYLIGHT, FRACTURE, ROOF, LIFELINE, LANYARD, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SLOPING, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126090588			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Installing windows and doors, glazing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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