Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201158862 - Employee Is Paralyzed after Fall from Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 201158862 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 01/29/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300864824	02/11/2004	1761	238160	Dunham Roofing Inc.

Abstract: 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

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300864824			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 22 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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