OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14198766
CHARLES E. BROHAWN & BROS., INC.
CAMBRIDGE, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM ROOF WHILE INSTALLING DECKING
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTALLING METAL ROOF DECKING ON A FLAT TYPE ROOF. THE METAL PAN TO 40 MILES PER HOUR. ELS WERE 37 1/2 INCHES WIDE AND 23 FEET, 6 INCHES LONG AND WEIGHED 119.85 POUNDS . THEY WERE OF THE FORMED CORRUGATED TYPE. ONE PANEL, LOCATED 76 INCHES AWAY FRO M 26 INCH HIGH PARAPET WALL, HAD ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED. EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, EACH HOLDING ONE END, WERE BRINGING ANOTHER PANEL INTO POSITION FOR I NSTALLATION. AS EMPLOYEE #1 WALKED OUT ONTO THE PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED PANEL HE SO MEHOW FELL OFF THE ROOF ONTO A CONCRETE FLOOR 13 FEET, 7 INCHES BELOW. IT WAS CL OUDY, WITH THE TEMPERATURE AT ABOUT 47 DEGREES AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. IT W AS WINDY, WITH 15 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST, AND GUSTS UP
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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