OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14251144
PICKARD ROOFING CO., INC.
DURHAM, NC·
Event description
Employee suffers multiple fractures after fall from roof
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was removing scrap roofing material from a 30 ft high roof with a wh eelbarrow when the trash chute at the edge of the roof collapsed. Employee #1 fe ll with the chute assembly into the bed of a parked truck. Employee #1 suffered injuries that included fractures of the head, jaw, arm, and legs, as well as int ernal injuries.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- Fracture (12)
- Part of body
- FACE (9)
- Accident type
- FALL(FROM ELEVATION) (5)
- Source of injury
- BODILY MOTION (5)
- Occupation
- Construction laborers (869)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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