OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14336564
CHEST,ROOF,LOAD SHIFT,FALL,STRUCK BY
Event description
Employee killed in 22 ft fall from roof
Investigation abstract
At 1:35 p.m. on May 25, 1989, Employee #1 was breaking loose bands around lumber , which was stacked on the edge of a warehouse roof. When Employee #1 broke the second band around the lumber, the stack shifted, struck him in the chest, and k nocked him over the roof's edge. Employee #1 fell 22 ft to the ground level. He sustained serious injuries and died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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