Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202088282 - Employee injured in fall when ATV drives off roof

Accident Summary Nr: 202088282 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 06/23/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309448355	07/09/2007	1542	236220	Gilliland And Son Roofing

Abstract: Around 8:30 a.m. on June 23, 2007, Employee #1 was operating a Honda Foreman ATV on an approximately 75 ft by 100 ft flat roof. The ATV had a snow blade installed on the front of the bike and he was using it to push river rock off the roof into a dump truck. On the second pass, Employee #1 drove off the roof and fell approximately 25 ft. He suffered multiple fractures throughout his body, for whihc he was hospitalized. There were no established warning lines around the roof nor were any other forms of fall protection in place. At the time of the accident there were no adverse weather conditions or other factors that may have enhanced the accident.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, SIGNALMAN, VEHICLE, WARNING LINE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, DRIVER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	2	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309448355			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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