OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14195036
FRACTURE,ROOF,WORK RULES,SAFETY BELT,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,SLIPPERY SURFACE,WRIST
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE SLID OFF A ROOF (20 FT FALL)
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE INSTALLING PLYWOOD SHEATHING ON THE ROOF TRUSSES OF A S INGLE FAMILY HOME AT ABOUT 8 AM. THE GROUND TO EAVE HEIGHT OF THE ROOF WAS ABOUT 20 FEET. THE ROOF HAD A PITCH OF 7 TO 12. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD JUST FINISHED NAILING A SHEET OF PLYWOOD WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING. AS HE SLID DOWN THE ROOF, HE DUG T HE CLAW END OF HIS HAMMER INTO THE PLYWOOD TO STOP HIMSELF. HE LOST HIS GRIP, SL ID OFF THE ROOF AND FELL 20 FEET TO THE DIRT SURFACE. THERE WAS DEW ON THE ROOF WHICH PROMOTED SLIPPING. EMPLOYEE #1 BROKE BOTH OF HIS WRISTS. THE CATCH PLATFOR MS REQUIRED BY 1926.451 (U)(3) WERE NOT INSTALLED NOR WERE SAFETY BELTS AND LANY ARDS BEING USED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 24
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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