OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14251268

D C TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO

CHARLOTTE, NC· 1986-06-16T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ROOF OPENING, WALKING BACKWARD, ROOF PANEL, UNGUARDED
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #3026622
Employer profile: D C TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO
Summary number: 14251268
Report ID: 453710

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

#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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