OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14400683
B & B MASONARY
MCKIINNEY, TX·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE AND FELL OFF OF ROOF
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS BUILDING A PARAPET ABOUT 20 INCHES HIGH ALONG A ROOF EDGE THAT W AS 18 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THE EMPLOYEE GRABBED A REBAR AND, DUE TO EMOTIONA L DISTRESS, BEGAN PUSHING AND PULLING IT UNTIL HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OVER THE EDGE OF THE ROOF. HE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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