OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14525414
FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ROOF OPENING COVER,WORK RULES,SAFETY BELT,ROOF OPENING,WALKING BACKWARD,SKYLIGHT,INSTALLING,CONSTRUCTION
Event description
Employee killed by fall through skylight opening
Investigation abstract
A crew of workers were caulking gutters and installing gratings at the skylight roof level, at a height of approximately 175 ft. Most of the skylight glass had been installed, but the workers were aware that glass was missing from some skyl ight units at the westernmost portion of the roof. Employee #1 was caulking the gutters between skylight grids, which involved walking backward on the glass fra ming sills at the sides of the gutters. He was moving backward toward the corner of a skylight unit where glass was missing when he fell through one of the tria ngular openings and was killed instantly. The skylight openings were not covered nor were safety belts or safety nets in use.
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#983 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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