OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237200
DECKING,IRON WORKER,STEEL,BUILDING,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,SINGLE STORY
Event description
FALL THROUGH UNSECURED ROOF DECKING
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE FELL 21'10" WHILE INSTALLING CORRUGATED SHEET METAL DECKING ON A SIN STARTED OVER. EMPLOYEES HAD ABOUT 25 OR 30 SHEETS LAYED OUT (UNSECURED-NOT TACK WELDED). EMPLOYEE #1 PICKED UP TWO SHEETS OF CORRUGATED SHEET METAL, AND EMPLOYE E #2 PICKED UP TWO SHEETS ALSO, EMPLOYEE #1 HAD GONE ABOUT 30' FROM THE BUNDLE W HEN HE STEP ON AN UNSECURED SHEET WHILE TRYING TO GET A GRIP WITH HIS FEET THE P IECE OF SHEET METAL SLID OFF BARR JOISTS CAUSING HIM TO FALL THROUGH THE OPENING 21'10" TO CONCRETE FLOOR. GLE STORY STRUCTURAL STEEL BUILDING. DECKING HAD BEEN SET ON TOP OF BAR JOISTS T HE PREVIOUS DAY. EE'S #1 AND #2 STARTED LAYING DECKING AWAY FROM THE BUNDLE TOWA RD THE WEST END OF THE BLDG. WITH ONE ON EACH END OF THE 18'X 3' LONG SHEET THEY ALIGN THE SHEETS TOWARD THE BUNDLE. THIS PROCESS CONTINUED UNTIL THERE WERE APP ROX100-110 UNSECURED CORRUGATED SHEET METAL POSITION ACROSS THE BAR JOISTS, TOP OF BAR JOISTS 4" WIDE. EMPLOYEE #1 LAYED WASHERS IN THE LOWER GROOVE OF THE SHEE T METAL, AND EMPLOYEE #2, FOREMAN CAME BEHIND HIM WELDING THE WASHERS AND SHEET METAL TO THE BAR JOISTS AFTER EMPLOYEE #2 FINISHED TACK WELDING THE PROCESS WAS
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- 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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