Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202312179 - Employee falls through unguarded roof opening

Accident Summary Nr: 202312179 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 10/05/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119686749	10/25/1999	1761	0	Royal Roofing, Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was working on a single unit monolithic commercial roof pulling and walking backwards with a 4 ft by 12 ft piece of drywall. He fell through an unguarded roof opening that was created when a fiberglass dome skylight was removed. Employee #1 fell to the concrete floor and was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, UNGUARDED FL OPENING, FLOOR HOLE, PELVIS, ROOFER, FALL, FLOOR OPENING, CONCRETE, UNGUARDED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119686749			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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