Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 76420.015 - Employee Falls From Roof And Is Killed

**Accident: 76420.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 04/29/2015**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1059740.015	04/30/2015		Pablo Nava

At 2:00 p.m. on April 29, 2015, an employee was using a heating device to seal t he seams of a plastic roof cover. The employee was walking backwards and fell o ff of the roof, falling 17 feet to the concrete sidewalk. The employee was kill ed from their injuries.

Keywords: concrete slab, fall, fall protection, roof, walking backward

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation			2	17	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1059740.015	25	M	Fatality		Roofers	FallDist: 17 FallHt:17 Cause: Roofing FatCause:

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