OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14400428
L S DECKER INC
DALLAS, TX·
Event description
Employee killed in 200 ft fall from roof
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working alone, caulking copper flashing at the edge of a sevente used safety lines or other kinds of fall restraining devices. The work surface was uneven. enth floor cornice. Access to the work area was through a window approximately 2 7 in. above floor level and then across a sloped slate shingle line that curved outward into the gutter. The work surface was a 29 in. wide copper rain gutter w elded into the cornice brace and sunk 5 in. below the top edge of the cornice. E mployee #1 was working 24 in. from the inner edge of the gutter and had been on the job for several hours when it appears that he slipped while climbing through a window, plunged over the edge, and fell 200 ft. He was killed. There were no witnesses to the accident, but fellow employees indicated that Employee #1 never
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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