OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14232292
ROOF,ROOFER,FALL,CONCUSSION
Event description
EMPLOYEE FALLS FROM ROOF AND DIES
Investigation abstract
Employees were attempting to re-roof a warehouse building (night shift). As work progressed, laborers would move 10 ft sections of perimeter guarding so that th e edge of the roofing could be loosened with a shovel. Employee #1 was throwing material off of the roof when he lost his balance and fell approximately 50 ft, received a concussion and died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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