OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14308506
SKYLIGHT,ROOF,ROOF DECKING,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,ROOF OPENING,CUTTING AND BURNING
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL THROUGH HOLE IN ROOF
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and his coworker were cutting 6ft by 12ft holes for skylights in a r oof. Employee #1 fell from the roof when he stepped on a piece of 15in. by 24in. corrugated roof decking already cut through by his coworker and fell 27ft to th e ground. Employee #1 received multiple injuries and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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