OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517098
ERECTION PROCESS,INSTALLING,ROOF,BUILDING,DECKING PANEL,CONSTRUCTION,STEEL ERECTION,FALL
Event description
FALL FROM 30 FT
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING INSULATION AND STEEL (CORRUGATED) PIECES ON A ROOF, 3 30 X 220 AND 34 FEET IN CENTER AND 24 AT EDGES. HE WAS TAPING THE INSULATION TO THE STEEL PURLINS, WHEN HE EVIDENTLY SLIPPED AND FEEL SOME 30 FEET TO THE CONCRE TE FLOOR. HE WAS EXPERIENCED AT WHAT HE WAS DOING AND THIS WAS HIS NORMAL DUTY.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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