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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14526073

HEAD,ROOF,SAFETY BELT,UNSTABLE SURFACE,FALL

Event
HEAD,ROOF,SAFETY BELT,UNSTABLE SURFACE,FALL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14526073
Report ID
418800

Event description

FALL THROUGH ROOF

Investigation abstract

TWO WORKERS WERE INSTALLING CORRUGATED METAL AND PLASTIC ROOF PANELS APPROXIMATE LY 23 FEET ABOVE A CONCRETE FLOOR. PANELS HAD BEEN LAID OUT EARLIER. THEY WERE R EMOVING THE SCREWS, STRAIGHTENING THE PANELS AND RESECURING THEM. NO SAFETY BELT PROTECTION OR PLANKING WAS IN USE. THE PLASTIC PANELS WOULD NOT SUPPORT THEIR W EIGHT. THE MEN WERE WORKING AND TRAVELING WHERE THE PANELS RESTED ON THE NARROW PURLINS TO WHICH THE PANELS WERE TO BE SECURED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRAIGHTENING TH E UNSECURED PANELS WHEN HE AND ONE OF THE SHEET METAL PANELS FELL TO THE CONCRET E FLOOR. HIS HEAD STRUCK THE FLOOR. HE DIED FOUR DAYS LATER.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    10
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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