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Accident Summary Nr: 998450 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL THROUGH A ROOF

Accident Summary Nr: 998450 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 07/09/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104555024	07/13/1987	1522	0	Markfort Construction Co.

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 7 AM ON JULY 9, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ON A GARAGE ROOF CUTTING 4 BY 8 SHEETS FOR ROOF DECKING AND HANDING THEM TO ANOTHER CARPENTER ON A GABLE. HE WAS 9 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. A PART OF THE ROOF DECKING, ALTHOUGH NORMAL IN OUTWARD APPEARANCE, HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY FITTED AND NAILED TO THE TRUSS. EMPLOYEE #1 STEPPED ON THIS IMPROPERLY SECURED DECKING. THE 16 PENNY NAILS PARTIALLY HOLDING THE DECKING IN PLACE PULLED FROM THE TRUSS AND EMPLOYEE #1 FELL 11 FEET TO THE GARAGE FLOOR. HE SUFFERED A BRUISED TIBIA AND FRACTURES OF THE LEFT ANKLE.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, TIBIA, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, ANKLE, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104555024			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters

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