Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 145524.015 - Employee fractures back in fall from doghouse

Accident Summary Nr: 145524.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 11/15/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1565949.015	11/30/2021		562111	American Trash Management Inc

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on November 15, 2021, an employee was engaged in chute installation work on the roof a building. The section being installed was 8 foot long with a 24-inch diameter and weighed approximately 160 pounds. As the employee was standing on top of a doghouse, his coworkers handed him a section of the chute. As the employee was positioning the section, he lost his footing and fell from the doghouse, landing on a rail on the roof. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured back.

Keywords: Back, Chute, Doghouse, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Installing, Lost Balance, Rail

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1565949.015	44	M	Hospitalized injury		Sheet metal workers

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