Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 886119 - EMPLOYEE FALLS THROUGH METAL ROOF

Accident Summary Nr: 886119 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 09/24/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120634233	09/24/1993	1795	0	Aca Group Inc

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER WORKER INTENDED TO DISMANTLE A SECTION OF ROOF. THE TWO WORKERS DROVE A SELF-PROPELLED LIFT UP TO THE EAVE OF THE BUILDING. THE SECOND WORKER RAISED THE SCISSOR LIFT, WITH EMPLOYEE #1 ON IT, UP TO ABOUT 14 FEET SO THAT EMPLOYEE #1 COULD WALK ONTO THE ROOF FROM THE LIFT. THE ROOF WAS COMPOSED OF CORRUGATED METAL ROOF SHEETING. EMPLOYEE #1 WALKED 25 FEET UP THE ROOF'S INCLINE TO THE ROOF'S PEAK, AND THEN STARTED TO WALK DOWN THE OPPOSITE SIDE. THE ROOF SHEETING UNEXPECTEDLY COLLAPSED AND EMPLOYEE #1 FELL APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED MULTIPLE INJURIES, INCLUDING A SHATTERED RIGHT ELBOW, FRACTURED HIP AND PELVIS, THIGH INJURIES, AND BRUISES.

Keywords: ROOF COLLAPSE, FRACTURE, ROOF, CONSTRUCTION, THIGH, PELVIS, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELBOW, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120634233			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers

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