Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 307391573 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Scaffold Plank

Accident Summary Nr: 307391573 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 02/11/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307391573	02/14/2005	1761	238310	Safeway Roofing And Siding

Abstract: At approximately 3:00 p.m. on February 11, 2005, Employee #1, a foreman, was working on the back section of a sloped roof using a 2-inch by 6-inch by 12-foot-long plank to install roof jacks on the roof. He walked out and stood on the mid section of the plank when the plank snapped. He fell approximately 12 feet 7 inches and fractured his left hand and wrist. He was hospitalized with his injuries.

Keywords: ROOF BRACKET, FRACTURE, INSTALLING, ROOF, PLANK, ROOFER, FALL, HAND, SCAFFOLD, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307391573			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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