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Accident Summary Nr: 692319 - EMPLOYEE FELL THROUGH ROOF; STRUCK HEAD ON FLOOR

Accident Summary Nr: 692319 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 05/31/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3333853	06/02/1986	2873	0	Southern States Cooperative, Inc.

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 9 AM ON MAY 31, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HELPING CUT HOLES IN THE ROOF OF A WAREHOUSE (TO RECIEVE POTASH THROUGH A CHUTE FROM A SHIP). EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO LEAVE THE ROOF TO HELP START A FRONT END LOADER. AS HE LEFT, A 30 BY 34 INCH SECTION OF THE ROOF COLLAPSED UNDER HIM. HE FELL THROUGH THE ROOFING, THE SHEETING AND BETWEEN THE 2 BY 10 INCH WOODEN CEILING JOISTS TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR, APPROXIMATELY 42 FEET BELOW. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED ACUTE HEAD INJURIES, INCLUDING LACERATIONS, ABRASIONS, MULTIPLE SKULL FRACTURES, AND LACERATED FRONT AND TEMPORAL LOBES WITH PERIVASCULAR BRAIN STEM PETACHIAL HEMORRHAGES. HE ALSO RECEIVED ACUTE CHEST INJURIES INCLUDING MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES, RIGHT PULMONARY LACERATIONS, MULTIPLE HORIZONTAL AORTIC TEARS AND A RUPTURED PERICARDIUM WITH AN INFERIOR VENA CAVA LACERATION. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS LISTED AS CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA.

Keywords: ROOF COLLAPSE, HEAD, ROOF, WAREHOUSE, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3333853			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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