Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 76567.015 - Employee falls 80 feet from roof and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 76567.015 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 05/04/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1061376.015	05/04/2015		238210	U.S.A. Overseas Wireless Cable Corp.

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on May 4, 2015, an employee was working on the roof of a 7-story residential building installing TV cables with a coworker. They were installing cables from the media distribution center, located in the rooftop's mechanical room to individual residential units. Without fall protection, the employee and coworker were attempting to measure and cut the TV cables on the rooftop prior to their installation. While measuring the cables, the employee fell over a 17 inch high parapet wall and approximately 80 feet down to a concrete sidewalk. The employee suffered multiple skeletal fractures, liver lacerations and spleen rapture, resulting in his death.

Keywords: Fall, Laceration, Liver, Roof, Spleen

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Other		Under $50,000	7	80	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1061376.015	68	M	Fatality		Installers And Repairers	Distance of Fall: 80 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 80 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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