OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14540736
FRACTURE,HEAD,HIGH WIND,ROOF,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,ROOF PANEL
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
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#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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