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Accident Summary Nr: 24575.015 - Employee falls from roof and is killed.

Accident Summary Nr: 24575.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 08/04/2012
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
563738.01508/06/2012238130Horacio Trejo

Abstract: At 5:00 P.M. on August 4, 2012, Employee #1, a 32 year old male, was working on sheathing the roof. The roof was on a two-story residential home, approximately 24 feet in height from the ground to the eve, with a 10 x 12 pitch (vertical to horizontal). The roof was made up of approximately 16 trusses that were placed by crane on August 3, 2012. Employee #1 was working with a co-worker. The coworker would hand up plywood from an interior room on the second floor through a floor hole that was left in the roof. At the time of the fall Employee #1 had completed 4 full rows of sheathing, working his way from the eve up to the ridge, and only had the last two triangular cuts on either side of the 5th and final row of sheathing for the southeast side of the roof. Employee #1 had reached through the floor hole to retrieve the piece of plywood that was cut by the coworker. Employee #1 had taken four or five steps up, when he slipped, slid, and fell off of the roof. Employee #1 fell from the roof and was killed from his internal injuries.

Keywords: Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Floor Opening, Residential Construction, Roof
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling New project or new addition $50,000 to $250,000 2 24 X

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 563738.015 29 M Fatality Carpenters Distance of Fall: 24 feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet
Cause: Roofing
Fatality Cause:

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