Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14426787

SUPERIOR ROOFING

Event
HEAD, GUARDRAIL, ROOF, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#100018423
Employer profile
SUPERIOR ROOFING
Summary number
14426787
Report ID
830500

Event description

Employee killed in fall from roof

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was returning to work after eating lunch and climbed over a roof par apet next to an outside wall. He sat on the wall facing into the building and wa s starting to bring up his legs when he fell backward over the wall. Employee #1 fell 29 ft, striking the back of his head. He was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 34 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    5
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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