OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14491435
WORK RULES,SKYLIGHT,ROOF,CONSTRUCTION,FALL PROTECTION,UNGUARDED
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN HE FELL THROUGH A SKYLIGHT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ONE OF NINE EMPLOYEES WHO WERE ENGAGED IN BUILT-UP ROOFING WORK NG OWNER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED, IN WRITING, ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS BY THE ARCH ITECT THAT GUARDS WERE REQUIRED AROUND THE SKYLIGHTS. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KILLED. ON A TRUCKING AND RIGGING BUILDING. THE ACCIDENT OCCURED ON EMPLOYEE #1'S SECOND DAY OF WORK AT THE ESTABLISHMENT. JUST BEFORE THE ACCIDENT EMPLOYEE #1, IN THE COMPANY OF THREE OTHER EMPLOYEES, CLIMBED TO THE 40 FOOT HIGH ROOF. MINUTES LATE R A CO-WORKER REPORTED TO THE SUPERVISOR THAT EMPLOYEE #1 HAD FALLEN THROUGH A 4 BY 6 FOOT PVC SKYLIGHT TO THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING (A 40 FOOT FALL). THERE WERE FOUR OTHER SKYLIGHTS OF SIMILAR CONSTRUCTION ON THE ROOF. NONE OF THEM WERE GUARDED OR TAGGED WITH DANGER MARKINGS. FOUR OTHER SKYLIGHTS OF A NEWER TYPE, L OCATED AT THE WEST END OF THE ROOF, WERE TAGGED WITH DANGER MARKINGS. THE BUILDI
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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