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Accident: 201064862 - Roofer Is Hospitalized When He Falls From Roof
Accident: 201064862 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 01/04/2002 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 300788072 | 01/08/2002 | 1751 | Edwards Framing Inc | ||||
| At approximately 11:45 a.m. on January 4, 2002, a carpenter was seriously injured when he lost his balance and fell 13.5 feet from the roof of a new two-story, two-bedroom housing unit he was sheeting. The employee was wearing a fall harness, but it may not have been worn properly. The supervisor, observed a head injury, called emergency medical service, and administered first aid while waiting for the paramedics to arrive. The supervisor placed the injured worker on a sheet of plywood and covered him with a blanket. Paramedics arrived in about 10 minutes and transported the injured carpenter to a local trauma center where an operation was performed to repair a ruptured blood vessel. | |||||||
Keywords:
roof, wall, carpenter, slip, struck against, construction, fall, concussion, retaining wall, slope
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Multi-family dwelling | New project or new addition | $5,000,000 to $20,000,000 | 2 | ||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
| 1 | 300788072 | Hospitalized injury | Concussion | Carpenters | FallDist: FallHt:13 Cause: Exterior carpentry FatCause: Fall from roof |
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