Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202441077 - Employee Suffers Fractures in Ten-Foot Fall from Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 202441077 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 03/25/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125881672	05/10/2005	1541	236210	Jones Construction

Abstract: At approximately 2:00 p.m. on March 25, 2005, Employee #1, a framer on his first day on the job at a construction site, was up on the first story roof structure when a load of plywood sheeting slid off the forks of a Gradall Material Handler Model Number 534B and fell approximately three feet onto the roof structure. This caused part of the structure to fail and the plywood sheeting and Employee #1 fell approximately 10 ft to the concrete floor below. Employee #1 sustained a fractured back, left heal and miscellaneous contusion sand was hospitalized for two days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, COLLAPSE, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, FALL, CONTUSION, FOOT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125881672			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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