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Accident: 101218.015 - Employee Is Killed In 30 Foot Fall Through Roof Skylight

Accident: 101218.015 -- Report ID: 0257220 -- Event Date: 09/24/2017
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1280541.01510/10/2017Party Line Inc
At 11:00 a.m. on September 24,2017, Employee #1 was working on the roof of a war ehouse, removing damaged zinc plates, using a hammer to extract the nails. A cow orker was working with him and was throwing the zinc plates off the roof as the employee removed them. They were working at a height of approximately 30 feet wh en Employee #1 fell through the skylight and landed on the warehouse racks below . The employee sustained head trauma and was killed.
Keywords: fall, fall protection, head, roof, skylight, struck against, warehouse
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Other building Maintenance or repair   1 30 X
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction
1 1280541.015 59 M Fatality Driver-sales workers FallDist:
FallHt:
Cause: Roofing
FatCause:

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