Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202003844 - Employee killed in fall through roof opening

Accident Summary Nr: 202003844 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 06/09/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302630694	06/09/2000	1796	0	Frank W. Hake, Inc.

Abstract: On June 9, 2000, Employee #1, a journeyman iron worker, a coworker, and the job foreman were replacing metal roof deck sheets on a low-pitched roof. The deck sheets had been removed five days earlier to allow access to a bridge crane so that repairs could be made to the drum. For some reason, Employee #1 stepped onto the end of a deck sheet that was unsupported and had not yet been secured. Both he and the metal sheet fell 130 ft through the roof opening to the ground. Employee #1 was killed. Employee #1 and the two coworkers were apparently wearing full body harnesses and 6 ft shock-absorbing lanyards at the time of the accident, but none of the workers had their lanyards connected to an anchor point.

Keywords: INSTALLING, ROOF, DECKING PANEL, UNSECURED, UNSECURED PANEL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, ROOF OPENING, TIE-OFF

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Maintenance or repair		$250,000 to $500,000	1	150	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302630694			Fatality	Other	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 130 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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