OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14291678
CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIAL ROOFING, INC.
DUBLIN, VA·
Event description
Employee injured in 35 ft fall from roof
Investigation abstract
At 9:40 a.m. on November 18, 1988, Employee #1 was at the edge of a roof, drilli ng plates into insulation board. He was leaning down when his electric drill cor d became hung up on the insulation board. Employee #1 was attempting to pull the cord loose when he lost his balance and fell approximately 35 feet to the groun d. He was hospitalized with a punctured lung, two broken ribs, a broken left leg , and a fractured pelvis. Perimeter guarding and safety belts were in use at the time of the accident.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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