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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14540736

FRACTURE,HEAD,HIGH WIND,ROOF,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,ROOF PANEL

Event
FRACTURE,HEAD,HIGH WIND,ROOF,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,ROOF PANEL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14540736
Report ID
111400

Event description

Employee hospitalized after fall from roof

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, while using a nail gun to install 4 ft by 8 ft plywood sheets on a 7:12 pitch roof, was struck by a sheet of plywood that had been blown from the t op of the roof. Employee #1 fell approximately 30 ft or more to the ground. He w as hospitalized with a head fracture.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 22 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    1
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    20
    Environmental factor
    5
    Task assigned
    1

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