OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14295976
ROOF OPENING COVER,SKYLIGHT,GUARDRAIL,PPE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ROOF OPENING,UNGUARDED
Event description
Employee injured in fall through skylight opening
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was part of a crew that was laying perlite and styrofoam insulation on the new roof of a 30 ft high building. There were thirty 4 ft by 5 ft skyligh t openings on the rubber-covered roof. Employee #1 fell 30 ft through a skylight opening to the concrete floor, sustaining damage to his liver. The skylight ope ning did not have a cover or guardrails. No ppe or fall protection was in use. E mployee #1 had been working for the company for two weeks at the time of the acc ident.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 27
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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