OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14198584
EVANS BUILDERS, INC.
SALISBURY, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL THROUGH UNGUARDED SKYLIGHT TO CEMENT FLOOR
Investigation abstract
SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WERE RESKINNING A METAL ROOF WHICH MEASURED 84 FEET BY 48 FEET , AND WAS LOCATED 20 FEET ABOVE A CONCRETE FLOOR. THE ROOF CONTAINED 8 UNCOVERED FIBERGLASS SKYLIGHTS, 11 FEET BY 3 FEET. EMPLOYEE #1, THE FOREMAN, HAD WARNED T HE OTHER EMPLOYEES TO BE CAREFUL AROUND THE SKYLIGHTS. THE JOB WAS 50% COMPLETE. IT WAS A FRIDAY, AND THE EMPLOYEES HAD STARTED TO CLEAN UP. EMPLOYEE #1 DUMPED THE WATER COOLER AND STARTED TO WALK ACROSS THE ROOF. HE STEPPED ONTO A SKYLIGHT AND FELL THROUGH IT TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. HE DIED OF MASSIVE HEAD INJURIES. TH E SKYLIGHTS WERE NOT COVERED OR OTHERWISE GUARDED, AND WERE PAINTED THE SAME COL OR AS THE ROOF. ALSO, IT WAS FOUND THAT EMPLOYEE #1'S BLOOD ALCOHOL WAS .153.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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