OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14511786
RIVER CITY BUILDING SERVICE
AUSTIN, TX·
Event description
WINDOW WASHER FELL FROM ROOF TO BUILDING TERRACE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE WASHING WINDOWS ON A 20 STORY OFFICE BU ILDING. THEY WERE USING SKY GENIE DESCENT EQUIPMENT SIMILAR TO A BOATSWAIN'S CHA IR. EMPLOYEE #1 STARTED OVER THE EDGE OF THE ROOF WITHOUT CHECKING THE WORKING L INE, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE UNTIED OR NOT TIED SECURELY. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL APPROX IMATELY 90 FEET TO A TERRACE ON THE 15TH FLOOR. A SAFETY LINE WAS ATTACHED TO TH E ROOF, BUT EMPLOYEE #1 HAD NOT ATTACHED HIS SAFETY BELT TO THE LINE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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