OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14464630
ASSOCIATED MILK PRODUCERS INC
WARSAW, IN·
Event description
FALL FROM ROOF
Investigation abstract
ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM., EMPLOYEE #1 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING A TAR ROOF COAT TO A METAL ROOF WHEN HE APPARENTLY INADVERTENTLY ST EPPED ONTO A SECTION OF ROOF THAT HAD BEEN COATED FROM THE PEAK TO THE SOUTHERN EDGE. HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL INTO THE TAR SLICK COATING. HE THEN SLID DOWN THE ROOF, WHICH APPEARS TO BE OF THE 4-12 PITCH VARIETY, AND SLIPPED OVER THE E DGE OF THE BUILDING. HE FELL APPROXIMATELY 21 FEET TO THE CONCRETE SURFACE BELOW , LANDING HEAD FIRST ON A SMALL PILE OF BRICKS LAYING NEXT TO THE BUILDING. HE D IED FROM A MASSIVE SKULL FRACTURE AND A 1 1/2 INCH LACERATION ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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