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Accident Summary Nr: 92717.015 - Employee falls through skylight and fractures leg
| Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1207017.015 | 01/27/2017 | 238160 | 1st Quality Roofing |
Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on January 27, 2017, an employee was fastening metal channel sheeting roof material over the roof of building with battery powered hand drill and metal crews. The employee asked Supervisor to be excused from roof work in order to take restroom break and was allowed to disconnect from a 50 foot rope line and left the work zone to travel approximately 30 feet away to a ladder. It was the employee's second day on job site. The employee traveled over an adjacent roof peak by mistake, not the route leading to access point. The employee slipped and slid down onto a roof with skylight. He fell through the skylight due to not being tied off with his harness, resulting in broken legs, feet, ankle possible back injury.
| End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing plant | Alteration or rehabilitation | $50,000 to $250,000 | 3 | 45 | |||
| Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1207017.015 | 21 | M | Hospitalized injury | Roofers | Distance of Fall: 28 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 35 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: |