OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14397020
FRACTURE,HEAD,ROOF,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,WRIST
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED IN FALL FROM ROOF
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ON THE ROOF OF A ONE STORY BUILDING MAKING A VISUAL ESTIMATE OF PLOYEE #1 POSSIBLY CAUGHT HIS SHOE TOE OR HEEL ON THE BUILT-UP, ROUNDED, WOODEN TILE AT THE CORNER OF THE BUILDING, CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS GRASP ON THE FLAT R OOF. HE FELL FROM THE ROOF, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT HAND AND RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD . THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. THE COST OF REPAIRING OR REPLACING THE ROOF. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS NOT WORKING WITH AN Y TYPE OF HAND TOOL AT TIME OF THE INCIDENT. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED A FATAL HEAD I NJURY ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND A BROKEN RIGHT WRIST. (WRIST INJURY WAS REPORTED TO THE DAUGHTER BY HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN BUT WAS NOT ON DEATH CERTIFICATE). BY THE LOC ATION OF IMPACT AND CONSIDERING THE INJURIES, IT IS BELIEVED EMPLOYEE #1 HAD FIN ISHED THE INSPECTION AND WAS MOVING ALONG ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING. HIS LEFT HAND MAY HAVE BEEN GRASPING THE FLAT SURFACE OF A BUILT-UP ROOF TOWARD A L ADDER THAT WAS POSITIONED AROUND THE CORNER ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING. EM
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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