OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14300693
GUARDRAIL,ROOF,WORK RULES,SAFETY BELT,CONSTRUCTION,ROOFER,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Event description
Roofer killed in 48 ft fall from roof
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:30 p.m. on January 13, 1986, Employee #1, a roofer, was strik ing a chalkline to lay a cap sheet near a 4 in. parapet wall. He fell 48 ft and was killed. Employee #1 was not wearing a safety belt and no guardrails or motio n stopping system was in place.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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