OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14273221
WORK RULES,LOST BALANCE,ROOF,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Event description
Employee dies in fall from roof
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a carpenter, was installing wood shingles on a 14:12 pitched roof w ith a ground to eave height of 19 ft. Roof brackets were in use but there was no catch platform installed. The employee was traveling along the roof edge on a r oof bracket plank when he apparently lost his balance and fell to the icy ground . Employee #1 died.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 569
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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