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Accident: 98101.015 - Employee Falls Through Roof Opening While Installing Roof Tr

**Accident: 98101.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 08/12/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1254297.015	08/12/2017		Tip Framing Inc.

At 1:00 p.m. on August 12, 2017, an employee was installing roof trusses. The em ployee fell through an opening and landed on a concrete floor, when a roof truss fell and caused the employee to lose their balance. The employee was killed.

Keywords: concrete slab, fall, lost balance, residential construction, roof opening

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2	28	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1254297.015	35	M	Fatality		Carpenters	FallDist: 20 FallHt:20 Cause: Interior carpentry FatCause:

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