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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14491682

ROOF OPENING COVER,SKYLIGHT,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,ROOF OPENING,UNGUARDED

Event
ROOF OPENING COVER,SKYLIGHT,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,ROOF OPENING,UNGUARDED
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14491682
Report ID
214500

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

  1. #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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