OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14203624
J W MILLS & ASSOCIATES CONTRACTORS INC
PORT, OR·
Event description
ONE EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL THROUGH ROOF OPENING
Investigation abstract
On November 6, 1985, Employee #1 was cleaning up a partially decked out roof are ove the plywood panel for clean up. As Employee #1 lifted the plywood, he fell t hrough the opening to the floor below and received a concussion. Although other employees were working nearby, the employee was working alone and no employees w itnessed the accident. Another employee found the employee directly below the op ening in an unconscious condition. Employee #1 was transported to a hospital. a. The jobsite was new construction for a 160,000 square-foot office warehouse b uilding. The construction consisted of a concrete slab floor, concrete tilt-pane l exterior walls, steel columns to support glue lambeams, and a flat "berkley" r oof system, 26 feet above the slab floor. Various roof openings were covered tem porarily with plywood panels and marked by a "t-p" system of 32-ft by 4-in board s erected over the cover to identify the opening. Employee #1 was assigned to cl ean up the partially decked out roof area. Upon arriving at one covered opening that was covered but not marked by the "t-p" system, the employee attempted to m
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 569
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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