Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 694075 - EMPLOYEE FELL THROUGH ROOF TO CONCRETE FLOOR

Accident Summary Nr: 694075 -- Report ID: 0355118 -- Event Date: 09/15/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17376815	10/02/1986	4212	0	Dunmar Moving Systems

Abstract: ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1986, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 AM, EMPLOYEES OF CABELL SHEET METAL ROOFING, INC., WERE RE-ROOFING A BOILER BUILDING AT THE GLEN LYNN POWER HOUSE, GLEN LYNN, VIRGINIA. THE ROOF IS COMPOSED OF CONCRETE PANELS PLACED ON BAR JOISTS. THEY HAD REMOVED THE OLD ROOFING AND WERE SWEEPING THE ROOF BEFORE PLACING A NEW COVER ON IT. EMPLOYEE #1 STEPPED ON A SECTION OF THE CONCRETE PANEL WHICH BROKE. HE FELL THROUGH THE PANEL, 65 FEET TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. HE WAS KILLED.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, CONCRETE PANEL, ROOFER, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17376815			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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