OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14518351
NORTHWEST WELDING & FABRICATION
NICEVILLE, FL·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL THROUGH ROOF OPENING; STRUCK HEAD ON FLOOR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTALLING CORRUGATED METAL SHEETS (30 INCHES BY 12 FEET) ONTO B AR JOISTS FOR A BUILT-UP ROOF. FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, HE FELL THROUGH AN OPENING, STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR LOCATED 10 FEET BELOW. THERE WERE NO WIT NESSES. HIS FATHER STATED THAT EMPLOYEE #1 HAD A HISTORY OF EXPERIENCING DIZZY S PELLS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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