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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379804

ROOF OPENING COVER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,WALKING ON BEAM,ROOF OPENING,UNGUARDED

Event
ROOF OPENING COVER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,WALKING ON BEAM,ROOF OPENING,UNGUARDED
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14379804
Report ID
522000

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

  1. #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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