OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14429500
INSTALLING,ROOF,WORK RULES,SAFETY BELT,CONSTRUCTION,LANYARD,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Event description
Employee killed in 20 ft fall from roof
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a member of a 5-person crew, was laying metal pans on a 4:12 pitche d roof when he fell 20 ft to the ground. He was killed. No catch platforms or sa fety belts with lanyards were required or provided.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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