Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 887976 - Employee dies after fall through unguarded skylight

Accident Summary Nr: 887976 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 07/24/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108432154	07/26/1989	1761	0	Kalkreuth Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 6:40 a.m. on July 14, 1989, Employee #1, a laborer, was assigned by his foreman to install a roof on the southwest corner of a building. A roofer and two coworkers were moving 4 ft by 8 ft by 2 in. pieces of foam insulation from one roof to another roof to finish the roof that they were working on. Employee #1 was walking backward and dragging the insulation when he fell 27 ft through a 10 ft by 10 ft unguarded skylight to the second floor, striking his head against the concrete floor. He was pronounced dead at 10:20 a.m. on July 25, 1989 at Prince George's General Hospital, Hyattsville, MD.

Keywords: SKYLIGHT, INSTALLING, ROOF, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, WALKING BACKWARD, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108432154			Fatality	Other	Roofers

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