OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14251268
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ROOF OPENING,WALKING BACKWARD,ROOF PANEL,UNGUARDED
Event description
Employee killed in fall from roof
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, of a temporary labor service, had been assigned by the general cont ractor to install roof panels composed of compressed wood chips and cement on a building under construction. Employee #1 and a coworker were carrying a 6 ft 5 i n. long by 32 in. wide panel to the position where it was to be installed. Emplo yee #1 was walking backward when he stepped into a space between two panels that had already installed and fell 17 ft 7 in. to the third floor of the building. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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