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Accident: 93224.015 - Employee Falls From Roof And Sustains Fractures And Lacerate

**Accident: 93224.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 02/14/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1211302.015	02/16/2017		R&D Steel Erectors, Llc.

At 10:05 a.m. on February 14, 2017, Employee #1, a steel erection employee, was installing metal decking sheets for the new construction roof. The employee's fo ot slipped on a bar joist (roof truss), causing him to lose his balance and fall to the concrete floor below. The employee sustained fractures to his ribs and v ertebra and a laceration to his liver. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: concrete slab, fall, fracture, laceration, liver, lost balance, rib, roof, slip, steel erection, truss, vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1211302.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction trades, n.e.c.	FallDist: 17 FallHt:17 Cause: Erecting structural steel FatCause:

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