Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202457073 - Employee Fractures Arms in Fall Through Roof Opening

Accident Summary Nr: 202457073 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 10/19/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313383275	11/04/2010	1761	238160	Castlerock Roofing And Sheetmetal, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on October 19, 2010, Employee #1, a roofer, suffered two broken arms due to a fall through a hole in the roof. The facility involved in the accident is a supermarket. Employee #1 had been working there that day, performing the duties of a roofer, including the clearing of debris from the roof. Employee #1 was performing a regularly assigned task of prepping the roof by clearing debris to prepare the roof for patching. There was an unsecured, unmarked sheet of plywood on the roof. Employee #1 picked up one end and walked forward. Employee #1 did not know there was a hole in the roof under the plywood. As Employee #1 walked forward, he walked into the hole and fell approximately 21 feet to the floor below. Employee #1 sustained two broken arms in the fall and was transported to St. Frances Hospital.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOFER, FALL, ARM, ROOF OPENING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2	26

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313383275			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 21 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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