Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202328662 - Employee Is Injured in Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 202328662 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 07/24/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305563322	07/24/2002	1761	0	Roofers, Incorporated

Abstract: On July 24, 2002, Employee #1, with Roofers, Inc., was removing debris from a roof deck prior to a roof replacement at a shopping center. The company was using a combination of a warning line system and a safety monitor as their means of fall protection. According to a witness, Employee #1 walked past a warning line to the roof's edge with a piece of wood that had string lights attached. As he threw the wood towards a dumpster on the ground approximately 22 ft below, Employee #1 fell into the dumpster. He was transported to Baltimore Shock Trauma for treatment of a bruised spleen and lung.

Keywords: LUNG, ROOF, SPLEEN, WARNING LINE, WORK RULES, DUMPSTER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	2	22

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305563322			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 22 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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