OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14543854
LEHIGH VALLEY ERECTORS, INC.
FOGELSVILLE, PA·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM ROOF
Investigation abstract
ON OCTOBER 19, 1987 EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE INSTALLING CORRUGATED METAL DECKING ON THE ROOF OF A WAREHOUSE BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION. EMPLOYEE # 1 WAS CARRYING THE FRONT END OF A DECKING PANEL WHEN THE DECKING HE WAS GOING TO WALK ON WAS DISLODGED. HE FELL THROUGH THE OPENING THUS CREATED. HE WAS FATALLY INJURED BY THE 24 FOOT, 6 INCH FALL TO A CONCRETE FLOOR.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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