OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14299796
YORK ROOFING INCORPORATED
UPPER MARLBORO, MD·
Event description
Employee fractures coccyx in 25 ft fall to mud
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and coworkers were laying 3 ft by 4 ft by 2 3/4 in. foam insulation on a corrugated metal roof deck. The insulation was to be screwed to the roof de ck to prevent displacement. Employee #1 was backing up on the roof, feeding out extension cord, when he fell through a 4 ft by 4 ft smoke vent opening. There we re 11 smoke vent openings 25 ft above ground that were not covered or guarded. E mployee #1 was transported to Prince George's County General Hospital, where he was diagnosed with a fractured tailbone.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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