OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14500151
FRACTURE,HEAD,ROOF,FALL
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL 24 FEET FROM A ROOF
Investigation abstract
An employee was working on a roof 24 feet high. While pushing a refrigerator ove r the edge of the roof, his sweatshirt became caught on a hinge and the employee fell off of the roof.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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