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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 98073.015 - Employee Falls From Roof And Is Paralyzed

**Accident: 98073.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 07/17/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1254121.015	08/10/2017		Bej Roofing, Llc

At 3:30 p.m. on July 17, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a roofing company, was w alking on the roof of a commercial building. He fell from the roof to the cemen t surface below, a fall height of 18 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. Employee #1 was paralyzed from the fall.

Keywords: building, construction, fall, fall protection, paralysis, roof, roofer, walking surface

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition				18

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1254121.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Roofers	FallDist: 18 FallHt:18 Cause: FatCause:

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