Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202003844 - Employee Killed In Fall Through Roof Opening
Accident: 202003844 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 06/09/2000 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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302630694 | 06/09/2000 | 1796 | Frank W. Hake, Inc. | ||||
On June 9, 2000, Employee #1, a journeyman iron worker, a coworker, and the job foreman were replacing metal roof deck sheets on a low-pitched roof. The deck sheets had been removed five days earlier to allow access to a bridge crane so that repairs could be made to the drum. For some reason, Employee #1 stepped onto the end of a deck sheet that was unsupported and had not yet been secured. Both he and the metal sheet fell 130 ft through the roof opening to the ground. Employee #1 was killed. Employee #1 and the two coworkers were apparently wearing full body harnesses and 6 ft shock-absorbing lanyards at the time of the accident, but none of the workers had their lanyards connected to an anchor point. | |||||||
Keywords:
installing, roof, decking panel, unsecured, unsecured panel, work rules, construction, fall, roof opening, tie-off
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Manufacturing plant | Maintenance or repair | $250,000 to $500,000 | 1 | 150 | X | ||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 302630694 | Fatality | Other | Roofers | FallDist: FallHt:130 Cause: Roofing FatCause: Fall from roof |