Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202657771 - Employee Fractures Back in Fall from Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 202657771 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 03/27/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316669555	04/15/2013	1751	238130	The Mon-May Company Inc

Abstract: At approximately 12:30 p.m. on March 27, 2013, Employee #1, a foreman, was inspecting the sheeted roof of a two story residential single family home that was under construction. The employee was wearing a full body harness with a lanyard. The lanyard was connected to a 0.5 in. in diameter by 50-ft long rope. The other end of the rope was double-wrapped around vertical wood studs and connected back on to itself and served as an anchorage point. As the employee was walking to untie the rope, a sheet of plywood broke and he fell approximately 14 ft to the concrete garage floor. Employee #1 was transported to Urgent Care then to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, where he was treated for a back fracture. Employee #1 remained hospitalized for more than twenty-four hours.

Keywords: ANCHOR, FRACTURE, ROOF, SHEET METAL, WOOD SLAB, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, LANYARD, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	316669555			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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