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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14401061

GUARDRAIL,LIFELINE,FALL PROTECTION,WARNING LINE,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,WALKING BACKWARD,HEAD,FALL,SAFETY BELT,CONSTRUCTION

Event
GUARDRAIL,LIFELINE,FALL PROTECTION,WARNING LINE,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,WALKING BACKWARD,HEAD,FALL,SAFETY BELT,CONSTRUCTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14401061
Report ID
626300

Event description

Employee killed in fall from roof

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was engaged in built up roofing work at the edge of a 33-ft-high roo f. He was filling a tar cart with a flexible hose that was attached to a tar pip e leading from tar kettles on the ground. The pipe was secured to the edge of th e roof with wire and supported halfway up by a 2-in. by 4-in. post. This support apparently failed, causing the pipe to twist. The hose was pulled out of the ta r cart directing the flow of hot tar toward Employee #1. In an attempt to get ou t of the way, he stepped backward off the roof. Employee #1 was killed almost in stantly when his head struck an 18-in.-thick concrete retaining wall. There were no guardrails, warning lines, or safety belts in use anywhere on the roof.

Victims (9)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 22 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

  2. #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

  3. #982 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

  4. #983 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

  5. #984 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

  6. #985 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

  7. #986 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

  8. #987 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

  9. #988 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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