OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14512867
GENE GRIESE COMPANY
GREEN BAY, WI·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from roof
Investigation abstract
At approximately 4:30 p.m. on November 12, 1985, Employee #1 was installing insu lation and metal decking on the roof of a warehouse under construction. The sing le-story, steel frame structure was 525 ft long by 300 ft wide, and had a 1-in-1 2 pitched roof that measured 38 ft 8 in. at its peak. A stack of 37 ft long by 3 ft wide panels was located on the finished deck area, 4 ft from the edge of the roof toward the peak, Employee #1 was applying caulk (mastic) on the top panel in the stack when he went over the outside edge of the roof and fell 29 1/2 ft. He was killed. Employee #1 was working for the contractor hired to install the i nsulation and metal decking.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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