OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14466403
CARPENTER PLASTERING COMPANY
ROANOKE, TX·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED WHEN HE FELL FROM A ROOF
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A 53-YEAR OLD LABORER, RESIDED AT 149 RUNNING BEAR MABANK, TEXAS, 7 5147, PHONE #(214) 451,3662. HE AND THE CRANE'S FLAGMAN WERE WORKING ON THE ROOF OF A THREE LEVEL PARKING GARAGE LOADING 2 BY 10 FOOT SCAFFOLD PLANKS. THE ROOF' S EDGE WAS NOT GUARDED, NOR WAS EMPLOYEE #1 EQUIPPED WITH ANY KIND OF PPE (SAFET Y BELT, LANYARD, ETC.). EMPLOYEE #1 TRIPPED OR STEPPED OFF THE EDGE OF THE ROOF AND FELL 10 FEET, 6 INCHES TO A CONCRETE SURFACE. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED OF HEAD INJUR IES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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