Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 952929 - Employee Dies after Fall from Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 952929 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 06/22/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309088987	06/22/2005	1751	238130	Maya Carpentry, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 2:52 p.m. on June 22, 2005, Employee #1 was performing roof sheathing operations on a new residential construction project. A coworker on the second floor of the structure was handing materials up to Employee #1, who was on the roof. Employee #1 was wearing a full body harness with a rope attached. The 50-foot-long rope attached to the harness was tied to a roof joist at its other end. The roof joist was at the peak of the roof, and the distance from the peak of the roof to the ground was approximately 52 feet. Employee #1 fell, sustaining severe head trauma and a fracture to his head. He was flown to Inova Fairfax Hospital, where he died at 5:56 p.m. that day.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, ROOF, PPE, ROPE, WORK RULES, INEXPERIENCE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2	25	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309088987			Fatality	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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