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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14426753

GUARDRAIL,INSTALLING,WORK RULES,SAFETY BELT,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE,SLOPE

Event
GUARDRAIL,INSTALLING,WORK RULES,SAFETY BELT,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE,SLOPE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14426753
Report ID
830500

Event description

Employee injured in fall from roof, later dies

Investigation abstract

At approximately 10:30 a.m. on September 11, 1985, Employee #1 was installing me tal panels on a 28 ft high, 6:12 pitched roof. He lost his balance and fell to t he ground. He sustained multiple injuries from which he later died. Neither a ca tch platform with standard railings nor a safety belt were being used for fall p rotection.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 26 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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