Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202329066 - Employee is injured when he falls through roof opening

Accident Summary Nr: 202329066 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 05/31/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305527731	05/31/2002	1711	0	Hardesty, Inc.

Abstract: 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

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	21

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305527731			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 21 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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