Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202441333 - Employee Killed in Fall Through Roof Opening

Accident Summary Nr: 202441333 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 09/27/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125942664	09/29/2005	1751	238350	Arrowhead Timber Structures

Abstract: At approximately 12:30 p.m. on September 27, 2005, Employee #1, an apprentice carpenter on his first day at work for Arrowhead Timber Structures, Oak Hills, CA, was setting narrow metal straps around the roof edge of a two-story building under construction. He fell 28 feet through a 28-in. wide by 5-ft long unguarded roof opening to the concrete floor. Employee #1 died the next day at Riverside Community Hospital.

Keywords: COVER, CARPENTER, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ROOF OPENING, UNGUARDED, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	28	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125942664			Fatality	Other	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 28 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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