Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 894451 - Employee injured in fall from roof

Accident Summary Nr: 894451 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 11/30/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112410576	11/30/1992	1761	0	Cardinal Roofing & Siding Company Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was removing solar panel materials from a roof by handing them down to a coworker on a lower roof. Employee #1 was attempting to separate pieces of the solar panel pipes when he stepped on a 2 ft by 8 ft sheet of corrugated plastic. Employee #1 and the plastic slid down the back side of the roof, and fell 25 feet off the roof, landing on a concrete patio pool deck. Employee #1 landed on his feet and then rolled. He required hospitalization for a broken right foot and fractured fourth lumbar vertebra,

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, DISMANTLING, WORK RULES, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, VERTEBRA, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112410576			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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