OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14505473
TRIPLE H ERECTORS
JOPLIN, MO·
Event description
EMPLOYYE DIES FROM FALL FROM ROOF DECK
Investigation abstract
At about 11:00 a.m. on February 7, 1987, Employee #1, an iron worker, was sittin en on the job for approximately 3 months. g on land roof decking approximately 8 ft from the edge of the building. Employe e #1 extended himself to the south to hand one end of a sheet of decking to Empl oyee #2 who was on decking already secured. Employee #1 had his chest on a piece of decking that was not secured to nor bearing on the purleon enough to support his weight, and it buckled. Employee #1 lost his balance and fell 24 ft to the concrete floor receiving severe head trauma, which resulted in his death. Employ ee #1 tried to grasp a sprinkler pipe as he fell but was unable to hold on, nor was a fellow employee who had a hold of his coat nape able to hold on. He had be
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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