OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14468607
ROOF,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Event description
FALL FROM ROOF JOISTS
Investigation abstract
DECEASED, WITH CO-WORKERS, WAS PLACING 30 FEET LONG BY 2 FEET WIDE GALVANIZED ST EEL ROOF SECTIONS IN PLACE OVER JOISTS 26 FEET 2 3/4 INCHES. WORKERS WERE PLACIN G INSULATION AND THE ROOF SECTIONS IN PLACE ON THE ROOF AT HEIGHTS FROM 24 FEET 3 1/2 INCHES AT THE EDGE TO 32 FEET 1 1/2 WIDES AT THE HIGEST POINT. NO FALL PRO TECTION (E.G. SAFETY BELTS, CATCH PLATFORMS, SCAFFOLDS OR SAFETY NETS) WAS IN US E. THE WORKERS WALKED EITHER ON THE JOIST (6 INCH WIDE), THE TWO FEET WIDE ROOF PANELS, OR STRADDLED THE JOISTS FOR DISTANCES OF UP TO 100 FEET IN PLACING THESE SECTIONS. DECEASED LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND BENEATH THE JOISTS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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