Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 29875.015 - Employee is killed in fall through skylight opening on roof.

Accident Summary Nr: 29875.015 -- Report ID: 0216000 -- Event Date: 05/05/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
444074.015	05/14/2012		562910	Alr Environmental Corp.

Abstract: At 12:00 noon on May 5, 2012, an employee was working for a firm engaged in remediation services in the Bronx, New York City, New York. Employee #1 and other coworkers were on a roof removing asbestos. Employee #1 directed coworkers to remove a cover from a skylight so that they could remove asbestos from around the rim of the skylight. The coworkers covered the skylight opening with a white PVC tarpulin to prevent asbestos from falling onto a staircase below. Their employer did not have guardrails around the skylight opening. The workers were not wearing fall arrest harnesses. Employee #1 walked into the skylight opening and fell through the skylight to the staircase below. He sustained blunt impact injuries to the head and torso with multiple fractures and visceral lacerations. Employee #1 was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Keywords: Asbestos, Asbestos Removal, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Head, Laceration, Skylight, Torso

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Demolition			3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	444074.015	52	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 12 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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