Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202343257 - Employee Falls Through Skylight Fracturing Vertebra

Accident Summary Nr: 202343257 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 07/22/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305416489	07/22/2002	1761	0	Robert Davis Company

Abstract: On July 22, 2002, employees were on the roof of a lumber warehouse and were removing the existing roof down to the metal roof deck. An employee stepped backward and fell through an unguarded skylight approximately 24 feet to the ground. The skylight measured 4 feet by 4 feet. The skylight had not been guarded during the roof removal and replacement operation. The employee sustained fractures of the vertebra from the fall and was hospitalized.

Keywords: SKYLIGHT, FRACTURE, ROOF, DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WALKING BACKWARD, VERTEBRA, UNGUARDED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	1	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305416489			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 24 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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