Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 85129.015 - Employee falls through sky light and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 85129.015 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 01/04/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1128751.015	02/29/2016		238160	Apostle Construction Co., Inc.

Abstract: At 1:45 p.m. on January 4, 2016, an employee was applying rubber seam compound to the ridge of the roof. The employee was walking across the roof when he stepped on a plastic skylight. The plastic skylight broke and the employee fell through the skylight, 16 feet 8 inches, and hit his head on the concrete floor below. He was killed.

Keywords: Fall, Roof, Skylight

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	16	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1128751.015	34	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: 16 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 16 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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