Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 789073 - Employee injured when knocked off roof by plywood sheet

Accident Summary Nr: 789073 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 04/22/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
124720681	04/25/1996	1751	0	Carl Beilstein

Abstract: Employee #1 and coworkers were part of a roof sheeting operation. The first row had been completed and roof brackets with toe boards had been installed. Sheets of 4 by 8 ft plywood were then slid 29 ft down the roof trusses to Employee #1, who secured them in place. A sheet released from the peak of the roof was caught by the wind and knocked the employee off the roof. He fell 20 ft to the ground and suffered a broken back and separated shoulder. In surgery, doctors used bone from his hip to replace the section of his back that had been destroyed in the fall.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HIGH WIND, ROOF, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124720681			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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