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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14208912

ROOF COLLAPSE,ROOF,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,ROOFER,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ROOF OPENING

Event
ROOF COLLAPSE,ROOF,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,ROOFER,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ROOF OPENING
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14208912
Report ID
1054115

Event description

EMPLOYEE FALLS 15 FEET WHEN ROOF COLLAPSES

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was assisting a forklift in picking up a stack of 4-foot by 8-foot s heets of plywood. Employee #1 stepped onto another section of roof which separat ed from its supporting truss resulting in a fall of 15 feet, resulting in a conc ussion which required hospitalization.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 38 M

    Nature of injury
    6
    Part of body
    9
    Event type
    5
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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