Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202449401 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 202449401 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 07/29/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310604178	09/05/2008	1751	238130	Rmj Construction

Abstract: At approximately 8:34 a.m. on July 29, 2008, Employee #1 was a carpenter. He was using a Makita Planer to plane the corner of the pitched roof of a commercial building. He had been standing with his feet on different trusses. When he kneeled down with his left knee, he slipped and lost his balance. He fell 13 ft to the concrete floor. His left upper arm was fractured and his left shoulder was dislocated. The blade of the planer struck his left middle finger and amputated it. Employee #1 was hospitalized for treatment of his injuries.

Keywords: FRACTURE, AMPUTATED, PLANING MACHINE, ROOF, SHOULDER, CARPENTER, FINGER, DISLOCATED, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310604178			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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