OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14296834
ROOF,UNSECURED,OBSTRUCTED VIEW,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,INATTENTION
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL OFF ROOF EDGE TO SIDEWALK; WAS HOSPITALIZED
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT 9:45 AM ON AUGUST 29, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PACING OFF ROUGH MEASUREMEN ANS. EMPLOYEE #1 KNEW WHERE THE SHEETMETAL CORRUGATED ROOFING ENDED, BUT WAS DEC EIVED BY THE OVERLYING STYLOFORM SHEETS. THE SKY WAS OVERCAST, BUT IT WAS NOT RA INING. EMPLOYEE #1'S ASSIGNED WORK AREA WAS 45 FEET FROM THE ROOF'S EDGE ON THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST SIDES. TS SO THAT A CURB UNIT COULD BE PLACED AT THE CENTER OF A 270 BY 90 FOOT ROOF AR EA. TWO DAYS BEFORE, A MASONRY CONTRACTOR HAD PLACED SOME STYLOFORM SHEETS ALONG THE EDGE OF THE ROOF AT THE NORTHEAST SIDE TO PROTECT HIS MASONRY EMPLOYEES, WO RKING BELOW, FROM RAIN. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD NOT BEEN ON THE ROOF SINCE THE MASONRY C ONTRACTOR HAD PUT DOWN THE STYLOFORM SHEETS. EMPLOYEE #1 STARTED PACING AT THE S OUTH WEST SIDE, MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTH EAST EDGE. AS HE APROACHED THE EDGE HE PLACED HIS FOOT ON THE UNSUPPORTED STYLOFORM SHEETS AND FELL 17 FEET TO THE CONC RETE SIDEWALK. THE SIDEWALK WAS COVERED WITH MASONRY DEBRIS, BRICKS AND MORTAR P
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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