Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 96124.015 - Employee is injured when blown of roof by wind gust

Accident Summary Nr: 96124.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 03/24/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1222381.015	03/24/2017		236210	Sep Builders, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on March 24, 2017, an employee was installing metal roof sheet on the ridge section of new metal roof. The employee saw two coworkers on the other side of the ridge that ducked down to avoid being hit by some skylight sheets that went flying with a wind gust and the employee stated that he disconnected from his self-retractable lanyard to move faster toward his coworkers to assist them when another wind gust blew a roof sheet towards him and knocked the employee over the edge falling 27 feet to the hard ground. He suffered from fractures to the skull, ribs, shoulder, and foot and punctured lung. The employee was hospitalized and treated for his injuries.

Keywords: Fall, Fall Protection, Flying Object, Foot, Fracture, Lanyard, Lung, Puncture, Rib, Roof, Shoulder

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	28

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1222381.015	37	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 27 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 28 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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