Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202362919 - Employee Injures Back in Fall Through Skylight

Accident Summary Nr: 202362919 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 06/10/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310006580	06/29/2006	1761	238160	Louis Sullivan

Abstract: On June 10, 2006, Employee #1 was working on one side of a roof with a 6-in-12 pitch. He was called over to help a coworker with a sheet of plywood. As Employee #1 was walking toward the coworker, he stepped into a hole in the roof where an existing skylight had been removed. He fell approximately 10 feet, 6 inches, hitting a bookcase on his way down to the hardwood floor below. The victim was driven to a nearby hospital and then flown to a shock trauma unit in Baltimore. He was hospitalized with back injuries.

Keywords: SKYLIGHT, ROOF, STRUCK AGAINST, WOOD PANEL, BACK, ROOFER, FALL, ROOF OPENING, SLOPING, LOST BALANCE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	15

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310006580			Hospitalized injury	Other	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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