OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14332449
ROOF,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRIPPED,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,WALKING BACKWARD
Event description
Employee killed in fall from roof
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were working together to roll out a plastic roofing m embrane. Employee #1 was walking backward, pulling the backing off the roll and laying down the membrane as he went. When he reached the edge of the roof he tri pped over the low parapet and fell 30 ft. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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