Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 68165.015 - Employee falls from roof and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 68165.015 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 09/23/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
996665.015	09/24/2014		238160	Williams Spray Foam, Llc

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on September 23, 2014, an employee was working as a contractor to install a new roof and roof deck on a former foundry building that was under renovation. The employee had laid out insulation panels on the roof. While working on the flat roof at the west side of the building, the employee stepped on the metal roof deck. The rotten section of metal roof deck that the employee stepped onto could not support the employee's weight, and the employee fell through the section, 32 feet to the concrete floor below. The employee suffered from blunt force trauma to multiple body parts and organs and was killed.

Keywords: Fall, Metal Decking, Roof

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	32	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	996665.015	30	M	Fatality		Roofers	Distance of Fall: 32 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 32 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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