OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14341812
ROOF COLLAPSE,ROOF,DEMOLITION,COLLAPSE,FALL
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN ROOF COLLAPSES
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was demolishing a gas pump island overhang. He was standing on the o verhang using a sledge hammer to break off parts when he misjudged the effect of striking where he was standing causing a misbalance of the weight of the overha ng. The overhang tore loose from the building and collapsed, throwing Employee # 1 to the ground where he sustained bodily injuries resulting in his death.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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