Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202356945 - Employee Is Injured in Fall Through Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 202356945 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 08/04/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309187276	08/05/2005	1799	238990	Frederick Fire And Flood Inc

Abstract: 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		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	3	22

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309187276			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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