Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202353330 - Employee falls from roof when board brakes

Accident Summary Nr: 202353330 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 11/17/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307159541	11/17/2003	1542	236220	R. I. Myers & Sons, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 11:15 p.m. on November 17, 2003, Employee #1 was working on a roof, 16 ft high, measuring the starting point for the sheet metal roof. He was standing on a 2-in. by 4-in. board installed across the tops of the trusses as part of the frame of the pole barn. The board he was standing on broke and he fell approximately 4 ft, before catching himself in the trusses below. He was hospitalized with chest injuries.

Keywords: BOARD, CHEST, FRACTURE, ROOF, COLLAPSE, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, ROOFER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	1	17

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307159541			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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