Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 823252 - Employee injured in 30 ft fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 823252 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 03/22/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18826701	04/14/1988	1761	0	Orndorff Roofing & Sheet Metal Co., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was part of a four man crew engaged in built up roofing work on a flat roof that was 45 ft wide by 218 ft long and approximately 30 ft above the ground. He was unfolding a sheet of synthetic rubber that measured 20 ft by 45 ft and was walking backward along the roof edge when he fell from the roof at an area where the roof indented approximately 2 ft toward the center. Employee #1 broke his pelvis and legs in the fall. None of these employees had received the proper training, nor were they provided with appropriate fall protection.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, WALKING SURFACE, PELVIS, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WALKING BACKWARD, UNTRAINED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18826701			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers

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