Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 98698.015 - Worker falls from roof and incurs multiple injuries

Accident Summary Nr: 98698.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 08/25/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1260051.015	08/30/2017		238140	Toftee Masonry

Abstract: At 3:15 p.m. on August 25, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a masonry contractor at a multiemployer building construction site, was working from the building's roof. He was unrolling plastic when he fell from the roof, a fall height of 21 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for fractures of multiple vertebrae, an ankle, and a hand, and a head/scalp laceration (de-gloving) that required 40 stitches.

Keywords: Ankle, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Hand, Laceration, Roof, Scalp, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1260051.015	58	M	Hospitalized injury		Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices	Distance of Fall: 21 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 21 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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