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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14295521

ROOF,SHOULDER,PPE,CARPENTER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,SPRAIN

Event
ROOF,SHOULDER,PPE,CARPENTER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,SPRAIN
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14295521
Report ID
352440

Event description

Employee sprains shoulder in 35 ft fall from roof peak

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and coworkers, all carpenters with at least five years of experience , were on a pediment nailing on sheeting to complete the roof so that the roofer s could start to cover it. They were just below the peak of the structure when E mployee #1 fell 35 ft to the dirt ground. He sustained a sprained shoulder and w as hospitalized. It was early morning and raining lightly at the time of the acc ident. Employee #1 wore no personal protective equipment.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 26 M

    Nature of injury
    20
    Part of body
    21
    Event type
    5
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    569
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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