Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 823005 - Employee's hand cut as he falls with metal sheet

Accident Summary Nr: 823005 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 08/06/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104380712	08/08/1988	1791	0	R. E. Linder Steel Erectors, Inc.

Abstract: Employees were approximately 25 ft above the ground at the roof edge attaching clamps to sheet metal that was to be pulled up and attached to the roof trusses. When the employees unclamped the approximately 20 ft by 3 ft metal sheets, one sheet slid down the trusses, which were at a 4.68:12 slope. When Employee #1 reached down to grab the sheet, it cut his hand and knocked him off the roof. He fell onto the sheet of metal and rode it to the ground. He was hospitalized with lacerations.

Keywords: ROOF, SHEET METAL, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, HAND, ROOF PANEL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104380712			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Structural metal workers

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