OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14527840
INSTALLING,ROOF,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,THERMAL INSULATION,WORK SURFACE
Event description
Employee killed in fall through thermal roof insulation
Investigation abstract
A crew of five employees was installing 6 ft wide sheets of insulation across th e tops of purlins, followed by 20 in. wide by 28 to 32 ft long metal roof panels that locked together to form a standing seam between the panels. They were work ing at heights between 12 1/2 ft and 15 1/2 ft above a sandy clay foundation fil l material. Employee #1 fell through the insulation while helping fellow employe es move the second sheet of insulation onto the purlins. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 13
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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