OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14491682
ROOF OPENING COVER,SKYLIGHT,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,ROOF OPENING,UNGUARDED
Event description
Employee killed in fall through skylight opening
Investigation abstract
Two employees had removed a plywood cover from a skylight opening on the roof of a mausoleum. As the employees moved forward, Employee #1 fell 16 ft through the 3 ft 7 in. diameter opening to the floor. He died later that day in the hospita l.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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