OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516074
DECKING,ERECTION PROCESS,INSTALLING,ROOF,BUILDING,DECKING PANEL,IRON WORKER,CONSTRUCTION,STEEL ERECTION,FALL
Event description
FALL FROM ROOF OF STRUCTURAL STEEL FRAME
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE FELL 27FT WHILE INSTALLING METAL ROOF PANELS ON AN UNROOFED STEEL FR AME. PANELS WERE STORED IN AN UNROOFED AREA 27FT ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. AS EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ONE SHEET FROM THE STACK, HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARDS F ROM THE STRUCTURAL STEEL TO THE GROUND.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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