OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14256176
ROOF,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,TIE-OFF
Event description
Employee killed in fall from roof parapet
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was stripping Symons steel ply forms from a concrete parapet wall on the roof of a building. He was working on the outside of the parapet, wearing a utility belt and a lanyard. During removal of the last two forms, Employee #1 a nd the forms fell approximately 100 feet to the ground. Employee #1 was attached to the forms when they fell and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 588
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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