Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202634341 - Employee Is Injured in Fall When Roof Collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 202634341 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 07/20/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313513731	08/08/2011	1542	236220	Tri Power Engineering Inc

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on July 20, 2011, Employee #1 and Coworker #1, laborers with a construction company, were removing a corrugated tin roof of a car port in a parking lot. The roof was located eight feet and four inches above ground level. Employee #1 and Coworker #1 removed the hexagonal screws from the top of the metal roof using a battery operated screw gun, and removed most of the screws from the fascia. Coworker #1 climbed down to the ground to do other work. Employee #1 remained on the roof and removed the remaining five or six screws from the fascia by lying on the metal roof on his stomach facing the west-facing fascia edge. Employee #1 removed the last screw, the fascia became loose and it fell down. The metal roof buckled down and caused Employee #1 to fall 4 to 6 feet down to the asphalt floor. Employee #1 sustained unspecified serious bodily injuries.

Keywords: ROOF COLLAPSE, ROOF, DISMANTLING, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Demolition		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313513731			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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