OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14460042
FRACTURE,ROOF,FALL
Event description
FALL FROM ROOF
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING FIBERGLASS INSULATION AND .24 GAGE GALVANIZED SHEETING " ALUMINUM BAND SEALER ON THE EAVE. HE WAS CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THE BAND WAS S ECURED PROPERLY WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT CAUSED THE SHEETING TO BEND. HIS FOOT THEN SL IPPED TO THE OPEN SIDE APPROX 2' AWAY. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL 16' TO THE C ONCRETE FLOOR BELOW. DURING THE FALL HE STRUCK THE SAG RODS THAT WERE SUPPORTING THE GIRDERS. THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL BACK DURING THE FALL AND LAND ON HIS BACK. HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED BY HELICOPTER TO PENNINSULA GENERAL HOSPITAL IN SALISBU RY AND ADMITTED TO INTENSIVE CARE WITH 2 BROKEN RIBS, A MILD CONCUSSION, MULTIPL E BRUISES TO THE HIP AND ELBOWS, A PUNCTURED LUNG AND A LACERATION TO THE HEAD R EQUIRING 9 STITCHES. HE WAS WEARING CANVAS TENNIS SHOES WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURE D. HE INDICATED A LIGHT LUBRICANT HAD BEEN APPLIED TO THE GALVANIZED SHEETING TH ON A ROOF THAT HAD A 1/12 PITCH. ROOF MEASURED 100' IN LENGTH AND 40' IN WIDTH. AT HE HAD BEEN WORKING ON TO PREVENT RUSTING. NO PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT W AS WORN AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL ON 6/28/84. THE HEIGHT FROM GROUND LEVEL TO THE EAVES WAS 16', AND 20' TO THE RIDGE. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 5 WORKERS ON THE ROOF. THEY WERE ENGAGED IN SETTING THE 100' X 4 ' SECTIONS OF FIBERGLASS INSULATION IN PLACE AND INSTALLING THE SECTIONS OF GALV ANIZED SHEETING (24'-20' IN LENGTH AND 39" IN WIDTH) ON TOP OF THE INSULATION. T HE EMPLOYEES WERE APPROX. 2-3' FROM THE SIDE WHEN SETTING THE NEW INSULATION AND SHEETING. THEY WOULD WORK FROM THE NEW SHEETINGTHEY HAD JUST LAID. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING AT THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING AT THE EAVE INSTALLING A 3 1/2
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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