OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379804
ROOF OPENING COVER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,WALKING ON BEAM,ROOF OPENING,UNGUARDED
Event description
Iron worker killed in fall through roof deck
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, an iron worker, was walking along an I-beam that was 4 ft above a r oof deck. He fell approximately 40 ft through an inadequately guarded roof openi ng to a concrete floor and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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