OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14514020
ROOF COLLAPSE,INSTALLING,ROOF,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Event description
Employee killed in 30 ft fall through roof
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was installing wiring from damper motors on the roof of an old found ry building. The roof was made of poured gypsum with fiberboard (asbestos) formi ng. Employee #1 was walking across the roof when a small, approximately 30 in. b y 40 in. section broke open. He fell about 30 ft to the concrete floor and was k illed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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