Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202472577 - Employee Is Injured in Fall Through Unsecured Roof Decking

Accident Summary Nr: 202472577 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 02/21/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301336467	04/03/2006	1799	238990	D K Fabrication

Abstract: At approximately 9 a.m. on February 21, 2006, Employee #1, a welder with D K Fabrication, was on the roof of a warehouse under construction to weld portions of the roof structure. A large portion of the roof had been already covered with plywood sheets. A carpenter with the framing subcontractor, who was on the roof replacing plywood sheets, removed the fasteners from a 4 ft by 8 ft plywood sheet. Before he could replace the sheet, Employee #1 walked onto it. When the sheet slipped, he fell 21 ft to a concrete floor. Employee #1 was hospitalized at the Los Angeles County hospital for a fractured skull, left jaw, and right wrist. Temporary guardrails were not provided around the unsecured sheet. Employee #1 was not using fall protection equipment.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, ROOF DECKING, UNSECURED, SLIP, WELDER, FALL PROTECTION, UNGUARDED, WORK SURFACE, WRIST

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	1	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301336467			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 21 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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