OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14248199
FRACTURE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,PLANK,ROOFER,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Event description
Employee killed in fall from roof
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were partners in the J & D Remodeling Company. They w ere doing roofing work from a plank supported by roof jacks. The plank broke, ca using both employees to slide off the hip roof and fall approximately 35 feet to the ground. Employee #1 died at the scene. The coworker was hospitalized with b roken bones and listed in serious condition.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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