Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202359808 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 202359808 -- Report ID: 0352400 -- Event Date: 02/09/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304440175	02/10/2006	1761	238160	Jim Southall

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on February 9, 2006, Employee #1 was laying down on a 4-ft by 8-ft sheet of a fiber board on a flat roof. He fell 21 ft to a concrete side walk and was transported to UM shock trauma hospital, where he died the same day. Employee #1 was not wearing any personal fall arrest device. Furthermore, a fall protection was not provided on the roof. The owner of Jim Southall was on the roof some 100 ft away, laying down a rubber membrane, when he heard a noise and noticed that Employee #1 was not on the roof. He saw him laying on the side walk and called for an ambulance.

Keywords: BOARD, ROOF, CONSTRUCTION, ROOFER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	2	21	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304440175			Fatality	Other	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 21 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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