OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14550404
ROOF,WORK RULES,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Event description
Employee killed in 43 ft fall from roof
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working from the roof of an approximately 43 ft high, three-stor y building. He was picking up 2 ft by 8 ft plywood sheets located 16 in. from th e edge of the roof when he fell to the ground. Employee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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