OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14236459
ROOF OPENING COVER,ROOF,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ROOF OPENING
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL THROUGH ROOF OPENING
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WENT ONTO A ROOFTOP TO RETRIEVE A BALL. A DRYWALL COVER HAD BEEN USE D TO COVER A ROOF OPENING. THE EMPLOYEE EITHER SAT DOWN ON OR FELL THROUGH THE D RYWALL COVER. HE WAS KILLED WHEN HE FELL 24 FEET, 5 INCHES TO A CONCRETE FLOOR.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 69 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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