OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14549729
METAL BUILDING SPECIALISTS
CLINTON, TN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL 65 FEET THROUGH SKYLIGHT, WAS KILLED
Investigation abstract
SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING A 3 INCH HAT CHANNEL, INSULATION AND SHEET MET AL ROOFING ON A ROOF LOCATED 65 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN RA ISED TO THE ROOF IN A PERSONNEL BASKET. HE LEFT THE BASKET, CARRYING A 20 POUND BOX OF METAL SCREWS, AND BEGAN WALKING TOWARD THE ROOF APEX. THE ROOF PITCH WAS 3 INCHES IN 12 INCHES. THERE WERE TWO SECTIONS OF SKYLIGHTS, 400 FEET LONG AND 3 6 INCHES WIDE, 14 FEET AND 33 FEET FROM THE ROOF'S EDGE. EMPLOYEE #1 STEPPED ONT O THE FIRST ROW OF SKYLIGHTS. IT WAS INCAPABLE OF SUPPORTING HIS WEIGHT. THE SKY LIGHT BROKE, SENDING HIM ON A 65 FOOT FALL TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. HE WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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