OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14289367
ROSE ROOFING CO.
LORTON, VA·
Event description
Employee injures head in fall through skylight opening
Investigation abstract
At approximately 8:15 a.m. on August 21, 1987, Employee #1 was on a roof helping pped, lost his balance, or both. to set skylights. He and a coworker had just set one in place and the coworker was nailing it down. Employee #1 had moved to the next skylight location and was removing the cover from the 22 1/4 in. by 46 1/4 in. opening when he fell 15 ft 9 in. through it to the concrete floor. Before reaching the floor he fell acros s a steam cleaning machine that was sitting below the skylight opening. This too k his feet out from under him, causing his head to strike against the floor. He was hospitalized with severe head injuries. There were no eyewitnesses on the ro of and no cause for the accident has been determined. Employee #1 apparently sli
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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