OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14463921
ROOF,UNSTABLE SURFACE,FALL
Event description
FALL FROM ROOF
Investigation abstract
ON AUGUST 16, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 1125 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 AND FOUR OTHER EMPLOYE PROXIMATELY 32' TO A SMOOTH ROCK SURFACE BELOW. HE WAS KILLED. ES OF KOETTER CONSTRUCTION CO. WERE WORKING ON THE ROOF OF THE HARSHFIELD BROTHE RS INC. BUILDING AT 875 CENTRAL COURT,NEW ALBANY, INDIANA 47150. THEY WERE LAYIN G 4" THICK AND 6' WIDE VINYL COVERED INSULATION OVER THE ROOF STRUCTURAL FRAME A ND THEN LAYING 26 GAUGE, 36" WIDE AND 15' TO 25' LONG, STEEL ROOF SECTIONS OVER THIS INSULATION, THEN CAULKING AND ANCHORING THE STEEL ROOF SECTIONS TO THE ROOF FRAME. EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE CARRIED A METAL ROOF SECTION TO THE PLA CE WHERE IT WAS TO BE USED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ON THE HIGHER PART OF THE ROOF. HE S TEPPED FROM THE METAL ROOF SECTION ONTO THE VINYL COVERED INSULATION AND FELL AP
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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