OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14443121
HEAD,OBSTRUCTED VIEW,FALL,ROOF OPENING COVER,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,ROOF OPENING,CONSTRUCTION,FACE
Event description
Employee killed in fall through roof opening
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:20 a.m. on July 10, 1985, Employee #1 and an employee of ano s face and head. Employee #1 was killed. ther contractor were on the roof deck near the northeast corner of the D buildin g of a hotel construction project. In preparation for an oncoming thunderstorm, the two employees and coworkers were scrambling around looking for items to put on top of some foam insulation to keep the wind from blowing it off the roof. Em ployee #1 and the other employee bent over and picked up a 4 ft by 8 ft sheet of plywood, apparently unaware that it was covering a 2 ft by 2 ft roof opening. W hen the other worker stepped backward, Employee #1 stepped forward into the roof opening. He fell 36 ft to the floor, sustaining severe injuries primarily to hi
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 554
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 2
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#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
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#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
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