Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202453361 - Employee Is Injured in Fall Through Skylight

Accident Summary Nr: 202453361 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 03/09/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310486923	03/23/2007	1761	238160	Claud Townsley Inc Dba Central Roofing

Abstract: At approximately 3:10 p.m. on March 9, 2007, Employee #1, a roofer, was cleaning an area he and other coworkers hand been working at on the roof. One of the coworkers began dancing, and Employee #1 stepped backwards to avoid being struck by him. Employee #1 tripped on the edge of a plastic skylight dome and fell onto the 52-in. by 100-in. dome. The dome broke and he fell 25.16 ft to a concrete floor. He fractured his right leg, collar bone, jaw bone, and both elbows. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: SKYLIGHT, ROOF, CLEANING, COLLARBONE, TRIPPED, ROOFER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELBOW, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310486923			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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