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Accident: 115608.015 - Employee Sustains Fractures In Fall From Machine

Accident: 115608.015 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 04/08/2019
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1394250.01504/15/2019David Makovec Incorporated
At 8:00 a.m. on April 8, 2019, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a roofing contractor, were engaged in maintenance work at a multifamily residential build ing. They were standing on the unguarded top portion of a gutter machine to cha nge/replace material spools. The top of the machine was slippery due to moistur e. Employee #1 slipped and fell from the machine, a fall height of 42 inches. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of fractu red vertebrae in his back, a fractured rib, and two broken teeth.
Keywords: back, equipment operator, face, fall, fall protection, fracture, maintenance, residential construction, rib, roof, roofer, slip, slippery surface, spine, unguarded, vertebra
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Multi-family dwelling Maintenance or repair  
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction
1 1394250.015 57 M Hospitalized injury Roofers FallDist:
FallHt:
Cause: Roofing
FatCause:

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