OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14505994
ROOF,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,WALKING BACKWARD,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed in 32 ft fall from roof
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:30 p.m. on November 19, 1986, Employee #1 was walking backwar d on a roof while stretching a piece of roofing material. He fell over a 15 in. parapet wall at the edge of the roof and fell 32 ft to the ground. Employee #1 w as killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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