Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 77023.015 - Employee dies from fall through skylight.

Accident Summary Nr: 77023.015 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 03/08/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1066593.015	05/20/2015		236220	Vision General Contractors, Llc

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on March 8, 2015, an employee was asked to go up on the roof to check the level of a beam so the support beam could be welded to the opposite end of the building. The employee used a scissor lift to gain access to the roof area which had a 2:12 slope pitch (low slope). The employee walked on the roof from one side to the other, a distance of approximately 40-feet to check the level of the steel beam. The area where the work was to be performed had planking wood covering the 3x10 skylights. However, when it was time for the employee to come down from the roof, he took a different route, approximately 9 to 10 feet from where they were working. He fell through one of the skylights that was not barricaded and/or covered with the plywood, 25 feet to ground level. The employee fell striking his head on the ground and was killed from blunt force trauma to the head.

Keywords: Fall, Head, Roof, Roofer, Skylight, Struck Against, Unguarded, Unguarded Fl Opening

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		$250,000 to $500,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1066593.015	56	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 25 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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