OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14235170
GREEN MASONRY
FRISCO, TX·
Event description
FALL THROUGH ROOF AND DIES
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a foreman for a masonry crew, was climbing up on the front portion of an approximately 2:12 pitched roof, 14 ft high at front edge and 26 ft high a t back edge, and began to walk diagonally up the roof. Near the top of the roof he stepped into an open skylight hole 5 ft by 5 ft. The opening was covered with clear thin plastic and partially covered with roofing felt, camouflaging the ce nter 3 ft of the opening. Employee #1 fell through the felt to a concrete slab 2 4 ft below and was pronounced dead approximately 25 minutes later.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 62 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 553
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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