Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 742783 - Employee's back injured in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 742783 -- Report ID: 0352420 -- Event Date: 02/23/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104419379	02/27/1990	1761	0	Schindler Contractors Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and two coworkers were laying a 3 ft by 27 ft sheet of metal roofing on a 3:12 pitched roof. After laying a panel that had been pulled off a forklift, they were preparing to screw the panel to the roof when a gust of wind caught a sheet on the forklift. The sheet hit the loose panel on the roof which, in turn, struck Employee #1 and caused him to fall 12 ft 4 in. to the ground. He sustained back injuries and was hospitalized. Employee #1 was not wearing a safety belt at the time of the fall.

Keywords: HIGH WIND, PANEL, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, SAFETY BELT, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104419379			Hospitalized injury	Other	Carpenters

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