OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517726
WATERPROOFING SPECIALISTS, INC.
JACKSONVILLE, FL·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE TRIPPED ON GUTTER AND FELL OFF ROOF
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND A COWORKER WERE ROOFERS WHO WERE REMOVING EQUIPMENT FROM A 20 FO OT HIGH ROOF AT THE END OF A DAY'S WORK. THEY WERE USING AN ALUMINUM TELESCOPIC ELEVATOR NORMALLY USED TO RAISE ROOF GRAVEL IN ITS BUCKET. A 200 POUND GRAVEL SP READER WAS PLACED IN THE BUCKET FOR LOWERING TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1 INADVERT ANTLY STEPPED ON THE ROOF GUTTER, WHICH THREW HIM OFF BALANCE. HE GRABBED THE SP READER, BUT THE SPREADER FELL OUT OF THE BUCKET TO THE GROUND ALONG WITH EMPLOYE E #1. THERE WAS NO GUARDRAIL AT THE ELEVATOR ENTRANCE. A SAFETY HARNESS WAS NOT USED. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED OF MULTIPLE INJURIES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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