OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14394464
THE TALLE COMPANY, INC.
METAIRIE, LA·
Event description
One killed, one injured in 25 ft fall from flat roof
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12 noon on April 16, 1989, Employee #1, a welder, and Employee ion. #2, a laborer/helper, along with a coworker, a fitter, were anchoring the flat r oof decking on a new 60 by 108 ft warehouse under construction. The crew was fit ting in the outside edge hangers that support the decking. When they found that the outside bar joist was not straight, the crew retrieved a 2 by 4 timber from the ground with a rope and placed it between the outside joist and the second jo ist. They then tapped the 2 by 4 with a hammer at the outside bar joist until it was straight. Employees #1 and #2 fell 25 ft to the concrete ground floor; Empl oyee #1 was killed and Employee #2 sustained injuries that required hospitalizat
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 61 Male
- Nature of injury
- Bruise/Contus/Abras (3)
- Part of body
- MULTIPLE (19)
- Accident type
- FALL(FROM ELEVATION) (5)
- Source of injury
- WORKING SURFACE (42)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- INSUF/LACK/PROTCV WRK CLTHG/EQUIP (20)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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#2 Hospitalized Age 45 Male
- Nature of injury
- Fracture (12)
- Part of body
- FOOT/ANKLE (11)
- Accident type
- FALL(FROM ELEVATION) (5)
- Source of injury
- WORKING SURFACE (42)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- INSUF/LACK/PROTCV WRK CLTHG/EQUIP (20)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.