OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14464507
ROOF OPENING COVER,COVER,ROOF,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,ROOF OPENING
Event description
Employee killed in fall through roof opening
Investigation abstract
At 12:50 p.m. on January 20, 1986, Employee #1 and a coworker were working on th e roof of a dust collection building. While they were moving a stack of insulati on, the unsecured plywood cover over a roof opening shifted, and Employee #1 fel l 24 ft 8 in. through the opening to the concrete floor. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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