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Accident: 200776094 - Employee Is Killed By Falling Sandbag On Roof Top
Accident: 200776094 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 11/13/2010 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 315092072 | 11/15/2010 | 1761 | Victor Sosa Construction Inc. | ||||
| Three employees of Victor Sosa Construction, Inc. were working to repair the roof on a structure in Salem, MA. That work included removing gravel by hand from the flat roof and placing it in sandbags. Those sandbags were then lowered by a rope and pulley mechanism to the ground below where they were emptied into a truck. Employees #2 and 3 were working on the roof, and Employee#1 was working on the ground. At some point, a sand bag full of roof gravel (weight was approximately 40-60 lbs), which was still attached to the rope and hook, fell downward without any resistance, striking Employee # 1 on the head. Employee # 1 was killed. | |||||||
Keywords:
head, hard hat, repair, roof, struck by, load line, falling object, hoistline
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Commercial building | Maintenance or repair | Under $50,000 | 3 | 40 | X | ||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
| 1 | 315092072 | Fatality | Other | Construction laborers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Roofing FatCause: Struck by falling object/projectile |
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