Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202076063 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 202076063 -- Report ID: 0453730 -- Event Date: 08/18/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308098193	09/07/2004	1761	238160	Mitchell Ford Dba Mitchell Ford Construction

Abstract: At approximately 2:15 p.m. on August 18, 2002, Employee #1 and two coworkers were installing shingles on the roof of a single-family home. One of the coworkers saw Employee #1 stop working, raise his head, slump onto the roof surface, and then tumble off the roof and fall between 8 feet and 9 feet onto a pile of shingles. Employee #1 sustained head trauma and was killed. He was the owner of the company and was not using any form of fall protection while working on the roof.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, INSTALLING, ROOF, CONSTRUCTION, ROOFER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1	9	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308098193			Fatality	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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