OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14557904
ALLEN ROOFING COMPANY
ALBUQUERQUE, NM·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM ROOF UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS MOVING ROCKS ON THE ROOF OF A NEW MOTEL. THE ROCKS, TO BE USED F OR THE ROOF CONSTRUCTION, WERE BEING LIFTED ONTO THE TWENTY SEVEN FOOT HIGH ROOF BY A HIGH-LIFT FRONT END LOADER. THE EMPLOYEE PARKED HIS WHEELBARROW PARALLEL T O A 16 INCH PARAPET WALL WHILE HE FILLED IT. AS HE WENT TO MOVE THE BARROW, HE L OST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OVER THE PARAPET WALL TO HIS DEATH. THERE WAS NO GUARD RAIL OR OTHER FORM OF FALL PROTECTION INSTALLED AROUND THE EDGE OF THE ROOF.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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