Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200901981 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 200901981 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 02/07/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307413732	02/08/2007	1751	238130	Jesus Neria Boreta

Abstract: On February 7, 2007, five employees were installing plywood roof sheathing on a 3-story residential building. The weather was clear and dry. The ground-to-eave height of the building was approximately 20 feet, and the roof pitch on both the front and rear of the building was 10 to12 in. The employees were not using fall protection by conventional means or implementation of alternative fall protection measures. Employee #1 was standing on the sheathing and installing the first row of the sheathing along the eave on the front elevation of the building. At approximately 4:30 p.m., Employee #1 fell from the roof of the building, approximately 20 ft to the ground. Employee # 1 sustained two broken vertebrae and a concussion. The employee was hospitalized for ten days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, INSTALLING, ROOF, BUILDING, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, CONCUSSION, VERTEBRA

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3	38

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307413732			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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