OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14346928
THE BRUCE M. ROSS COMPANY
TAMPA, FL·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL THROUGH ROOF OPENING
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE ENGAGED IN CLEAN-UP DUTIES ON A SHEET METAL ROOF SUFFERED FATAL INJU RIES WHEN HE FELL THROUGH A ROOF OPENING. AN UNSECURED SHEET OF PLYWOOD LARGER T HEN THE OPENING HID THE OPENING. APPARENTLY THE EMPLOYEE MISTOOK THE PLYWOOD COV ER FOR TRASH AND PICKED IT UP, PUT IT OVER HIS HEAD, AND STEPPED FORWARD WITHOUT SEEING THE OPENING. HE FELL 16 FEET TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR, INTERUPTED BY AN UPR IGHT 2 1/2 INCH DIAMETER CAST IRON PIPE UPON WHICH HE STRUCK HIS HEAD.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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