OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14375570
FRACTURE,ROOF,FALL,ELEVATOR SHAFT
Event description
EMPLOYEE IS KILLED IN FALL FROM ROOF INTO ELEVATOR SHAFT
Investigation abstract
At about 11:30 a.m., Employee #1, who worked for Seamless Span Incorporated, was working on a roof, and proceeded to leave from the area. Though there were no e yewitnesses, it is thought that Employee #1 fell through a floor opening at the foot of a fixed metal ladder leading to a roof hatch opening. He fell 50-60 ft i nto an elevator shaft, and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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