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Accident: 202673125 - Worker Is Injured In Fall Through Skylight
Accident: 202673125 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 07/30/2012 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 316208867 | 08/06/2012 | 1541 | General Consolidated Constructors Inc | ||||
| At approximately 1:15 p.m. on July 30, 2012, Employee #1, a construction laborer for General Consolidated Constructors Inc., had just completed storage rack assembly work when Employee #1 was instructed by a coworker to attach a metal panel to the air conditioning unit located on the roof of the jobsite location. After completing this task, Employee #1 was instructed to return to the roof top to close an open skylight. Employee #1 utilized a boom lift to gain access to the roof through the skylight. Employee #1 walked approximately one hundred and fifty feet to the open skylight. Employee #1 had difficulty closing the skylight and applied more force onto the skylight lid. Employee #1 fell through the skylight lid and fell approximately thirty-feet below onto a scissor lift which was parked in the lowest position. Employee #1 broke his right hip, fractured his right rib, and received multiple lacerations and strains from the fall. Employee #1 was hospitalized for approximately four-days, as a result of the event. Employee #1 had been employed by the company for approximately one year and the incident occurred at a contracted jobsite. | |||||||
Keywords:
skylight, fracture, laceration, rib, fall, hip, sprain, aerial lift
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Commercial building | Alteration or rehabilitation | $50,000 to $250,000 | 3 | ||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
| 1 | 316208867 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt:6 Cause: Site clearing and grubbing FatCause: Fall from roof |
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