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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14255632

BARRIER GUARD,BOILER,LACERATION,POINT OF OPERATION,PRESS,CONTUSION

Event
BARRIER GUARD,BOILER,LACERATION,POINT OF OPERATION,PRESS,CONTUSION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14255632
Report ID
453710

Event description

Employee falls from roof

Investigation abstract

On December 8, 1989, Employee #1was walking across built-up roof route to a dust bin to unclog a dust cyclone when he stepped onto a weak spot on the roof, it c aved in, he slipped through the roof landing on a boiler, falling approximately 4 ft landing onto a boiler, bruising his left ribs.

Victim

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 37 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    5
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    2

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