OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14204820
HOLM II INC
FLORENCE, OR·
Event description
TWO EMPLOYEES FELL FROM SLICK ROOF, ONE KILLED, ONE HOSPITAL
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:55 a.m. on June 28, 1987, Employees #1 and #2 were doing the and the smooth surface of the roofing membrane became very slick when wet. semi-annual maintenance of washing the sawdust off the barrel type roof at the plywood mill where both employees were employed. Employee #1, who was using a fi re hose to do the washing, was wearing a safety belt and lifeline. Employee #2 w as tending the line. Employee #1 slipped and slid down the roof. Employee #2 was also pulled down and both workers went over the roof edge and fell 24 feet to t he asphalt pavement. Employee #1 suffered a fatal head injury and Employee #2 a crushed left heel and two fractured vertebrae. The key factor was that neither w orker was tied off. The pitch of the barrel type roof got steeper near the edge
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 733
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 733
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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