OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14470546
ROOF,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,METAL DECKING,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ELEVATED WORK PLAT,LOST BALANCE
Event description
Employee dies in fall from metal roof decking
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and four coworkers were removing metal roof decking before installin g a skylight. Two were on a mobile work platform and three were on the roof appr oximately 30 feet above the floor. Employee #1 stepped onto the metal decking, l ost his balance, and fell to the concrete floor. He was taken to a hospital, whe re he died 4 hours later from injuries sustained in the accident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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