OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221434517

FULL COVERAGE COMPANY

MILL VALLEY, CA· 2021-09-28T00:00:00

Event: Bleeding, Cut, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Head, Installing, Internal Bleeding, Internal Injuries, Lanyard, Metal, Rib, Roof, Roofer
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345556559
Employer profile: FULL COVERAGE COMPANY
Summary number: 221434517
Report ID: 0950615
Project type: E
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee incurs multiple injuries in fall from roof

Investigation abstract

At 12:30 p.m. on September 28, 2021, an employee worked with five coworkers to install a metal roof. At some point, the employee began to fall off the roof, the employee's lanyard was cut by the metal roof edge, and the employee fell approximately thirty-two feet. The employee was hospitalized to treat severe head trauma (multiple fractures, edema), a rib fracture, and a hemopneumothorax (internal bleeding).

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
595

Fall distance
32

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