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Accident: 119276.015 - Employee Is Killed In Fall From Roof

Accident: 119276.015 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 08/24/2019
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1425989.01508/26/2019Flood'S Roofing Llc
At 8:00 a.m. on August 24, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a roofing company, was assisting coworkers to scrape old shingles from the roof of a residential struc ture. As he stood on a rotten piece of wood along the roof's edge, the wood gav e way, causing him to fall to the concrete driveway, a fall height of approximat ely 23 feet. Employee #1 sustained multiple skull fractures, multiple spinal fr actures, and multiple fractured ribs. He was killed.
Keywords: concrete, dismantling, fall, fall protection, fracture, material handling, residential construction, rib, roof, roofer, skull, spine, structural collapse
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling New project or new addition   23 X
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction
1 1425989.015 52 M Fatality Roofers FallDist:
FallHt:
Cause: Roofing
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