OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14394464
ROOF DECKING,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,WELDER,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
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 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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