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Accident: 201992344 - Employee Is Injured In Fall Through Skylight Opening

**Accident: 201992344 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 03/21/2006**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
309945004	03/21/2006	1761	Progressive Roofing, Inc.

On March 21, 2006, Employee #1 was removing the top paper layer of an existing roof using a powered walk-behind roof cutter. He stopped and walked over to the skylight cover, reached down, picked it up by the edge and threw it off the roof. As Employee #1 turned, he stepped into the skylight opening and fell 30 feet onto the concrete floor. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: roof opening cover, skylight, fracture, roof, construction, fall, fall protection, work surface

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	309945004			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt:30 Cause: Roofing FatCause: Fall from roof

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