OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14506307
LOADING,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ELEVATED WORK PLAT
Event description
Employee injured in 60 ft fall
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was in a pick-up bed that was attached with chains and slings to the hook of a crane to raise and lower roofing material. The bed, which the employe r had removed from a truck, was positioned against the side of a building, 60 ft above the ground and near the roof. Employee #1 was receiving old roofing from a coworker and stacking it in the bed when the bed suddenly ripped apart. Employ ee #1, the roof material, and portions of the bed fell to the ground. He was hos pitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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