Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 694331 - EMPLOYEE BACKED OFF ROOF EDGE, FELL 25 FEET

Accident Summary Nr: 694331 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 05/08/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17378662	05/09/1986	1761	0	Summit Roofing Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 AM ON MAY 8, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ON AN 8/12 PITCHED ROOF INSTALLING ROOFING PAPER. HE WAS BACKING ALONG THE EAVES, UNROLLING THE ROOFING PAPER AS HE STEPPED BACKWARD TOWARD THE CORNER OF THE ROOF. APPARENTLY HE WAS CLOSER TO THE EDGE OF THE ROOF THAN HE THOUGHT, BECAUSE HE BACKED OFF THE ROOF AND FELL APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET TO THE GROUND. NO MEANS OF FALL PROTECTION WERE IN USE. THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A BROKEN LEG, INJURED BACK, AND A FACIAL LACERATION.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, LACERATION, ROOFER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, INATTENTION, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17378662			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers

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