Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201796075 - Employee Falls From Roof And Fractures His Vertebrae
Accident: 201796075 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 08/12/2002 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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301328837 | 08/23/2002 | 1761 | Ron Hauling & Clean - Up | ||||
At approximately 9:00 a.m. on August 12, 2002, Employee #1 and three coworkers were reroofing a building. Employee #1 was putting shingles into a 30-gallon plastic trash can. One coworker was removing the cap shingles; another was slightly lower than the cap and removing shingles which he then pushed toward the other coworker and Employee #1. All three coworkers said they cautioned Employee #1 about getting too close to the edge of the roof. Employee #1 was dragging a trash can toward the roof's east edge when he slipped or tripped, slid down the roof, struck the rain gutter, and fell 8.5 ft to the ground. He landed on the concrete sidewalk between a brick planter and the front door. He fractured three vertebrae and was hospitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
fracture, roof, slip, back, tripped, roofer, fall, fall protection, vertebra
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Single family or duplex dwelling | Alteration or rehabilitation | Under $50,000 | 1 | 8 | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 301328837 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Laborers, except construction | FallDist: FallHt:8 Cause: Roofing FatCause: Fall from roof |