Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 202356945 - Employee Is Injured In Fall Through Roof

**Accident: 202356945 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 08/04/2005**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
309187276	08/05/2005	1799	Frederick Fire And Flood Inc

Employee #1 was on the roof of the building replacing the plywood underlay on a section of the roof that had been damaged by a fire. As he walked next to the roof entrance hatch way, a 20-inch by 24-inch section of the roof gave way, and he fell 9 feet 4 inches to the concrete floor. He suffered a fracture and was hospitalized.

Keywords: roof collapse, fracture, roof, roofer, fall, work surface

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	3	22

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	309187276			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Roofing FatCause: Collapse of structure

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