Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202357091 - Employee Dies after Falling from Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 202357091 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 12/14/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308451988	12/14/2004	1751	238130	George Jenkins

Abstract: Employee #1 was removing a slide guard bracket, when he fell approximately 18 ft 2 in. to compacted soil below and died. According to the owner of the company, slide guard brackets made of 2-in. by 6-in. lumber had been installed the entire length of the 30-ft house at the eave. However, when the fall took place, the 2-in. by 6-in. boards had been removed from the brackets on the rear half of the roof, and Employee #1 was attempting to remove the remaining brackets. After arriving on site it was noted that all 2-in. by 6-in. lumber, roof brackets, and ladders had been removed. No type of conventional fall protection was in use nor had a fall protection plan been developed. No fall protection training had been conducted.

Keywords: ROOF BRACKET, ROOF, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, UNTRAINED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	18	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308451988			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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