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Accident: 96990.015 - Employee Falls From Roof And Is Injured
Accident: 96990.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 06/30/2017 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 1245708.015 | 07/10/2017 | Bill Shields Roofing, Inc. | |||||
| At 2:00 p.m. on June 30, 2017, an employee was installing a self-adhering membra ne to a roof with a slope of 1.25 feet to 12 feet (vertical to horizontal). As t he employee installed the last section of the membrane he determined that it was too wide. He folded over the membrane cap sheet lengthwise and began ripping it with a knife, all while walking backwards. Once the employee reached the edge o f the roof, he stood up and inadvertently stepped backwards and fell of the roof . The employee sustained severe head trauma, a collapsed lung, as well as fractu res to one of his clavicles and ribs. The employee was taken to a nearby medical facility where he was hospitalized and received treatment. | |||||||
Keywords:
collarbone, fall, fall protection, head, rib, roof, struck against
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Commercial building | Alteration or rehabilitation | $500,000 to $1,000,000 | 1 | 14 | X | ||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Construction | |
| 1 | 1245708.015 | 58 | M | Fatality | FallDist: 12 FallHt:12 Cause: Roofing FatCause: |
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