Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 69949.015 - Roofer Is Killed In Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 69949.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 01/09/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1018047.015	01/13/2015		238130	Jose Aguilera

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on January 9, 2015, Employee #1, employed by a construction subcontractor, was working at a multi-employer construction site for a multi-family residential building. He was operating a pneumatic nail gun to install wood trusses to the building's framework. Employee #1 fell to the surface below, a fall height of 9 feet. He sustained a traumatic head injury, and his face was penetrated by a nail from the pneumatic nail gun. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: Construction, Face, Fall, Fall Protection, Head, Installing, Nail, Residential Construction, Roof, Struck By, Truss

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	4	45	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1018047.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 9 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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