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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14402234

ROOF,WORK RULES,FALL,FALL PROTECTION

Event
ROOF,WORK RULES,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14402234
Report ID
626000

Event description

Employee killed in 20 ft fall through roof

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 jumped from a 16 inch ledge onto a roof composed of sheets of corrug ated concrete. He went through the roof and fell 20 ft to a concrete floor. Empl oyee #1 was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    2

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