Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 68111.015 - Employee falls from roof and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 68111.015 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 08/21/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
992149.015	08/26/2014		238160	Kirk Knauss

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on August 21, 2014, Employee # 1, using a 24 foot extension ladder, carried a circular saw up to the roof level of a residential construction site. The circular saw was used to trim the plywood off of the front gable end of the roof. The employee was sitting on his buttocks with his legs and feet in front of him, six feet from the ridge of the roof near the front gable end. A coworker climbed up the ladder and noticed that the circular saw had started to slide down the roof. The coworker yelled to Employee #1 to alert him of the falling saw. Employee # 1 tried to grab the saw and started to slide down the roof and could not stop. The employee fell 18 feet from the south eave of the roof onto the bed of a pickup truck and then onto the compact soil. Employee #1 was killed from fractures, contusions and lacerations to his head and abdomen. There was no fall protection provided by the employer.

Keywords: Circular Saw, Fall, Ladder, Residential Construction, Roof, Struck Against, Truck

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	2	24	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	992149.015	54	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 18 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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