OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14296495
LIBERTY ROOFING CO, INC
GLEN BURNIE, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL OVER EDGE OF ROOF, 29 FEET TO GROUND
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HELPING TO STRIP A ROOF, USING A GRAVELY STRIPPER. THE ROOF WAS 29 FEET HIGH, 72 FEET, 8 INCHES WIDE AND 150 FEET, 11 INCHES, TO 123 FEET, 8 INC HES LONG. NO ONE WITNESSED HIS FALL. THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A BROKEN HIP, BROKEN RIGHT ANKLE, DAMAGE TO TEETH AND MOUTH AND OVERALL TRAUMA. THE EMPLOYER HAD NOT TRAINED THE EMPLOYEES IN THE RECOGNITION OF HAZARDS AND THE USE OF FALL PROTECTI VE DEVICES FOR ROOF WORK. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT THE BALTIMORE GAS AND ELECTRI C'S BRANDON SHORES PLANT SERVICE BUILDING.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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