Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202329066 - Employee Is Injured When He Falls Through Roof Opening
Accident: 202329066 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 05/31/2002 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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305527731 | 05/31/2002 | 1711 | Hardesty, Inc. | ||||
On May 31, 2002, Employee #1 and a coworker were on a roof installing mechanical drops into holes that had been previously cut. They picked up a 4 ft-by-8 ft piece of plywood that was lying on the roof deck and started to walk with it when Employee #1 stepped through a 21-in. square hole that had been covered by the plywood. He fell 21 ft onto a concrete floor and sustained a fractured right hip and a compound fracture of his right wrist. Employee #1 was hospitalized. | |||||||
Keywords:
roof opening cover, fracture, roof, unsecured, work rules, construction, fall, roof opening, hip, wrist
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | New project or new addition | $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 | 1 | 21 | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 305527731 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Supervisors, n.e.c. | FallDist: FallHt:21 Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) FatCause: Fall from roof |