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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14235428

SIGNALMAN,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,LOST BALANCE,INATTENTION

Event
SIGNALMAN,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,LOST BALANCE,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14235428
Report ID
552700

Event description

Employee injured in fall from roof

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was on the eastern side of a roof signaling a crane operator who was attempting to land a suspended load of sheet metal decking material. He was sta nding within the swing radius of the load. When the load started to swing toward him, he realized that he would be pinched between it and a 26 inch high roof pa rapet. Employee #1 jumped to the parapet, but lost his balance and fell 22 feet to the ground. He was hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    21
    Event type
    5
    Source
    5
    Occupation code
    597
    Human factor
    10
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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