Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202313565 - Employee Is Injured In Fall Through Roof Opening
Accident: 202313565 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 07/01/2003 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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119692291 | 07/15/2003 | 1711 | O & M Industries | ||||
At approximately 3:30 p.m. on July 1, 2003, Employee #1 was cleaning material on a roof as part of a crew replacing a large fiberglass machine. Apparently, he lifted a 4-ft by 8-ft plywood cover over a hole, and stepped or fell into the opening. Employee #1 struck a support beam, and then fell approximately 30 ft to the concrete floor. He was hospitalized for head, rib and arm injuries. Employee #1 was wearing a harness and double-strap lanyards. He is unable to remember the accident, and two coworkers on the roof did not witness the fall. The employer stated that the opening had two covers - the top cover was marked "Hole" and two angle irons had been placed on it to weigh it down; the lower cover was not secured or marked. | |||||||
Keywords:
head, cover, roof, lanyard, rib, fall, arm, roof opening
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Manufacturing plant | New project or new addition | $500,000 to $1,000,000 | 2 | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 119692291 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Millwrights | FallDist: FallHt:40 Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) FatCause: Fall from roof |