Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200966992 - Employee falls from roof and dies

Accident Summary Nr: 200966992 -- Report ID: 0352460 -- Event Date: 03/08/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304230725	03/09/2001	1761	0	East Bay Contractors

Abstract: Employee #1 was performing roofing work on a commercial three story building. It had been alleged that he had been wearing a full body harness at one time, but one could not be found. It was said he took off his body harness and climbed off of the roof. He saw a loose piece of tarpaulin blowing in the wind and went back up on the roof without fall protection to secure the loose piece of tarpaulin. While on the roof he slipped and lost his footing on a piece of loose felt paper and fell face first 19 ft to the asphalt parking lot and died.

Keywords: HEAD, ROOF, LIFELINE, SAFETY BELT, SLIP, LANYARD, ROOFER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ASPHALT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000	3	19	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304230725			Fatality	Other	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 19 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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