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Accident Summary Nr: 744508 - EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL FROM ROOF OF TWO-STORY HOUSE

Accident Summary Nr: 744508 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 08/09/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120657721	08/10/1993	1521	0	B & B Construction Inc

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ON A METAL ROOF WITH AN OPEN BEAM CEILING APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WHO WAS INSIDE THE HOUSE. THEY WERE CHANGING THE ELECTRIC CORD FOR THE FIRST OF TWO CEILING FANS. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL TO THE GROUND AND HIS MOMENTUM CARRIED HIM TO THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD. THE GROUND FROM THE HOUSE TO THE PROPERTY LINE WAS COVERED WITH LAVA ROCKS AND BOULDERS, AND A STONE WALL 2 FEET HIGH BY 16 INCHES WIDE WAS AT THE PROPERTY LINE. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL ONTO A SMALL GRASSY AREA AMONG THE LAVA ROCKS AND BOULDERS. HIS NECK AND SEVERAL RIBS WERE BROKEN. THE NEIGHBOR HEARD EMPLOYEE #1'S YELLS, CALLED 911, AND RUSHED TO GIVE HIM AID. A FALL ARREST HAD NOT BEEN USED.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, CONSTRUCTION, RIB, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, NECK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120657721			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electrical power installers and repairers

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