OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14386973
ALL STYLE ROOFING, INC.
CHICAGO, IL·
Event description
HOIST FELL FROM ROOF; CARRIED TWO EMPLOYEES WITH IT
Investigation abstract
AT 4PM ON JANUARY 16, 1986, TWO EMPLOYEES WERE LOWERING EQUIPMENT FROM THE ROOF OF A 50 FOOT HIGH BUILDING TO THE GROUND WHEN THE HOIST THEY WERE USING WAS PULL ED OFF THE ROOF. THE TWO EMPLOYEES FELL WITH THE HOIST. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KILLED A ND EMPLOYEE #2 SUFFERED MULTIPLE FRACTURES.
Victims (2)
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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
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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