Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 102630.015 - Worker falls from roof and incurs brain trauma

Accident Summary Nr: 102630.015 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 08/01/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1254945.015	08/15/2017		236220	V&M Iron Works

Abstract: At 6:15 a.m. on August 1, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was involved in adding a second story, for use as an apartment, to an existing one-story building. Employee #1 was tasked with painting the addition's fascia board. He was working from the roof, although a scaffold had been erected on the site. Employee #1 stepped close to the roof's leading edge and fell to the concrete below, a fall height of 11.2 feet. Coworkers discovered Employee #1 unconscious and called emergency services. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for head trauma. He was on life support until December 2017, when he was removed from life support. At the time of this report Employee #1 was alive but unable to communicate.

Keywords: Brain, Fall, Fall Protection, Head, Painter, Residential Construction, Roof, Scaffold, Unconsciousness, Untrained

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation			2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1254945.015	41	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 11 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause:

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