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Accident: 118443.015 - Employee Fractures Spine In Fall Through Roof Access Hole
Accident: 118443.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 04/20/2019 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 1419332.015 | 07/30/2019 | Ruiz Construction And Roofing | |||||
| At 11:00 a.m. on April 20, 2019, Employee #1 and coworkers were doing rehabilita tion work on the roof of a three-story multifamily residential building. They w ere removing a roof hatch and were in the process of boxing it in. As the super visor went to cut some 2 inches x 6 feet wood boards to frame the opening, Emplo yee #1 stepped into the opening and fell approximately 8 feet to the apartment b elow. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment o f a fractured spine. | |||||||
Keywords:
back, blunt force trauma, fall, fall protection, floor hole, fracture, hatch, rehabilitation, renovation, residential construction, roof, roof opening, spine, unguarded fl opening, unprotected, vertebra
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Multi-family dwelling | Alteration or rehabilitation | 3 | |||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Construction | |
| 1 | 1419332.015 | 51 | M | Hospitalized injury | FallDist: 8 FallHt:25 Cause: Roofing FatCause: |
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