Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201158862 - Employee Is Paralyzed After Fall From Roof
Accident: 201158862 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 01/29/2004 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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300864824 | 02/11/2004 | 1761 | Dunham Roofing Inc. | ||||
At about 3:48 p.m. on January 29, 2004, Employee #1, a temporary worker with Dunham Roofing, Inc., was chalking lines on a roof prior to installing felt paper. While a coworker held the chalk box, and Employee #1 pulled the chalk line, Employee #1 stepped on a loose piece of felt paper on the edge of the roof. He fell 16.5 ft to the dirt ground. Employee #1 was hospitalized for a head injury, fractured ribs, and a severed spinal cord, which resulted in lower extremity paralysis. | |||||||
Keywords:
fracture, head, paralysis, roof, slip, roofer, fall, fall protection, slippery surface, work surface
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Single family or duplex dwelling | New project or new addition | $250,000 to $500,000 | 2 | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 300864824 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Roofers | FallDist: FallHt:22 Cause: Roofing FatCause: Fall from roof |