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Accident Summary Nr: 998682 - ONE WORKER KILLED, TWO INJURED WHEN ROOF COLLAPSED

Accident Summary Nr: 998682 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 06/24/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104558135	06/24/1987	1761	0	Central Roofing Co.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104558127	06/24/1987	1771	0	Bladholm Bros.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104558119	06/24/1987	1542	0	Earl Weikle & Sons, Inc.

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 AM ON JUNE 24, 1987, EMPLOYEES #2 AND #3 WERE JUST FINISHING UP PLACING 12 INCH PRE-CAST CONCRETE ROOF PLANKS ON A ONE STORY CONCRETE BLOCK BUILDING. SUDDENLY, WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THE ROOF PLANKS BEGAN COLLAPSING. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS STANDING ON THE ROOF MAKING AN ESTIMATE OF ROOF WORK REMAINING, FELL BETWEEN THE COLLAPSING CONCRETE PLANKS AND WAS CRUSHED. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS THROWN OUT OF THE BUILDING, WHILE EMPLOYEE #3 RODE THE FALLING PLANKING DOWN. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED OF MULTIPLE INTERNAL INJURIES. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH SEVERE LACERATIONS AND EMPLOYEE #3 RECEIVED A MINOR ABRASION ON ONE FOREARM.

Keywords: LACERATION, COLLAPSE, FALL, ABRASION, ROOF, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, ARM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104558135	Fatality	Other	Roofers
2	104558127	Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Construction trades, n.e.c.
3	104558127	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction trades, n.e.c.
4	104558119			Occupation Not Listed

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