OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14296198
YORK ROOFING INC
BELTSVILLE, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL THROUGH SKYLIGHT TO CONCRETE FLOOR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS 1 OF 7 EMPLOYEES UNROLLING AND STRETCHING A ROLL OF ROOFING RUBB ER. THE EMPLOYEE BACKED INTO A 4 BY 4 FOOT SKYLIGHT OPENING WHICH WAS PARTIALLY COVERED BY A PREVIOUSLY EMPLACED ROLL OF RUBBER. THE EMPLOYEE FELL 27 FEET TO A CONCRETE SURFACE. THERE WERE 35 SKYLIGHTS LOCATED ON THE 54,000 SQUARE FOOT ROOF .
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 588
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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