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Accident: 202609095 - Employee Is Injured In Fall From Roof Joists

Accident: 202609095 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 09/21/2009
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
31350752702/01/20101751Infinity Structures Inc
At approximately 10:00 a.m. on September 21, 2009, Employee #1, with Infinity Structures, Inc., was standing on roof joists removing roof sheathing with a claw hammer. He lost his grip and fell backward through the joists approximately 12 ft to the floor. Employee #1 was hospitalized at Kaiser Permanente for a right wrist fracture. Employee #1's prior carpentry work experience was limited exclusively to concrete forms.
Keywords: fracture, roof, demolition, roof decking, slip, inexperience, fall, fall protection, hand tool, wrist
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Other building New project or new addition $500,000 to $1,000,000 2 24
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction
1 313507527 Hospitalized injury Other Carpenters FallDist:
FallHt:12
Cause: Exterior carpentry
FatCause: Fall, other

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