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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14458418

ROOF,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ROOF OPENING,UNGUARDED

Event
ROOF,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ROOF OPENING,UNGUARDED
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14458418
Report ID
352440

Event description

Employee injured in 29 ft fall through roof opening

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and a coworker were moving a pile of 4 by 8 sheets of plywood from a roof. They picked up the last sheet and started walking when Employee #1 steppe d into a 4 ft square roof opening. He fell 29 ft to the concrete ground floor, l anding on a small pile of 4 in. pipe. The stack of plywood had been covering the opening in the roof.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 29 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    869
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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