OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14297287
KORB ROOFERS, INC.
BWI, MD·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE FELL FROM ROOF
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DRIVING A SMALL LAWN-TYPE TRACTOR ON THE ROOF OF A TWO STORY BUI TED TO OPERATE IT. HE SUFFERED A BROKEN LEG, BROKEN ARM, AND A BROKEN PELVIS, AS WELL AS HEAD AND INTERNAL INJURIES. LDING. AS HE APPROACHED THE WORK AREA, HE TURNED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE ROOF'S EDGE. THE TRACTOR'S RIGHT FRONT WHEEL STRUCK THE 2 INCH HIGH, 3 INCH WIDE SLAG S TOP. HE THEN PUT ONE HAND ON THE SEAT-BACK AS IF HE WAS GOING TO JUMP FROM THE T RACTOR. AS HE RAISED HIMSELF, HIS FOOT LEFT THE CLUTCH/BRAKE, ALLOWING THE TRACT OR TO ROLL TO AND OVER THE ROOF EDGE. HE AND THE TRACTOR FELL 27 1/2 FEET TO THE GROUND. THE TRACTOR WAS BEING USED TO TOW A FOUR WHEELED CART WHICH TRANSPORTED ROOF PARTS AROUND THE ROOF. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME EMPLOYEE #1 HAD ATTEMPTED T O DRIVE THE TRACTOR. HE WAS NOT TRAINED IN TRACTOR OPERATION AND HAD NOT INSTRUC
Victim
-
#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.