Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202313227 - Employee Paralyzed After Falling From Roof
Accident: 202313227 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 01/09/2002 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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119643567 | 02/20/2002 | 7342 | Homeguard, Inc | ||||
On January 9, 2002, Employee #1 was on the roof of a single story residence tenting for fumigation. Employee #1 was pulling on a damp tarp when his leather glove slipped and he fell backwards loosing his balance and stumbling over the edge of the roof. Employee #1 fell to the ground and shattered a vertibrae causing partial paralysis. Employee #1 was hospitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
fracture, paralysis, roof, fumigant, work rules, slip, fall, lost balance, vertebra
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 119643567 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Occupation not reported |