Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202485462 - Employee injured in fall through transite roof panel

Accident Summary Nr: 202485462 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 06/19/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120205703	07/05/2007	1799	237990	Petrochem Insulation, Inc.

Abstract: On June 19, 2007, Employee #1 and coworkers were encapsulating and repairing the corrugated transite roofing panels on Warehouse B at the Pacific International Rice Mill in Woodland, CA. To reach the work area, the employees used a ladder to climb onto the roof and then walked over 100 ft across the corrugated panels to the site. Employee #1 was standing on the roof panels when the transite broke and he fell over 21 ft, striking a metal bin that was sitting on the concrete floor. He sustained serious injuries and was hospitalized for seven days.

Keywords: ROOF, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, ROOFER, FALL, ROOF PANEL, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	21

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120205703			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 21 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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