OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14235428
SIGNALMAN,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,LOST BALANCE,INATTENTION
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
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#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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