Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202316162 - Employee Falls Through Roof and Injures Back

Accident Summary Nr: 202316162 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 05/09/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309896322	07/07/2006	1711	238220	Techsmart Air Conditioning, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 11:30 a.m. on May 9, 2006, an employee was conducting an equipment survey for West Valley properties at South Valley Plaza in Gilroy, California. The employee surveyed a building, which was an old cinema house. The employee used the roof access ladder located inside the building. While on the rooftop doing an HVAC unit survey, he fell 21 ft through the roof, landing inside the building. He was transported to Valley Medical Center and was hospitalized for treatment of a lower back injury.

Keywords: SURVEYOR, ROOF, BUILDING, COLLAPSE, BACK, FALL, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Other		Under $50,000	1	21

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309896322			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 21 feet Cause: Surveying Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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