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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14399562

SKYLIGHT,ROOF,DEMOLITION,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION

Event
SKYLIGHT,ROOF,DEMOLITION,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14399562
Report ID
626300

Event description

Employee killed in fall through skylight

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was removing roofing material from the roof of a building that was b eing demolished. When he sat down on a plastic dome skylight to smoke, the dome broke and Employee #1 fell approximately 30 feet through the opening to the conc rete floor. He was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 46 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    5
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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