Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 813352 - Employee killed in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 813352 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 01/03/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126587757	01/05/1998	1542	0	Gosewisch Construction Company

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on January 3, 1998, as Employee #1 was beginning his shift, he slid an impact wrench down a 1-in-12 pitched roof to position it near the edge of the 90 ft wide roof. He misjudged the roof condition; there was a light frost on the surface and the wrench did not slow down. Fearing that it would go over the roof edge, Employee #1 began running after the tool. The foreman yelled "No!" as Employee #1 dove after the wrench. He slid off the roof edge on his stomach and fell 23 ft 4 in., landing approximately 20 ft out from the building on the asphalt driveway. Employee #1 was killed. The standards for steel erection and related work did not require fall protection in non-tiered buildings for fall hazards of less than 25 ft.

Keywords: ROOF, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SLIPPERY SURFACE, FROZEN, SLOPE, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	4	23	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126587757			Fatality	Fracture	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 23 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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