Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202495024 - Employee Fractures C-1 Vertebra in Fall from Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 202495024 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 08/04/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119637486	08/14/2006	1761	238160	Peterson - Dean, Inc

Abstract: On August 3, 2006, Employee #1 was working as a roofer at a height of approximately 15 feet, 6 inches above the grade. He was marking out specific areas on the roof to place offloaded roof tiles for future installation. He was working in close proximity to the roof's edge, and he was not wearing any form of fall arrest or fall restraint harness system. It was reported that he had his head down and was in concentration, when he lost sight of the edge of the roof and stepped off. He sustained a cervical fracture of the C-1 vertebra in his neck. Such a fracture is widely known as a broken neck. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, SPINE, CONSTRUCTION, ROOFER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, NECK, VERTEBRA, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2	16

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119637486			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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