OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14565642
ERECTION PROCESS,ROOF,BUILDING,IRON WORKER,CONSTRUCTION,STEEL ERECTION,METAL DECKING,FALL,FLOOR OPENING
Event description
FALL THROUGH FLOOR HOLE IN ROOF DECKING
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE FELL THROUGH A 2FT.X4FT. FLOOR HOLE WHEN HE STEPPED ON AN UNSECURED ING WAS NOT SECURED OR MARKED. THE EMPLOYEES WERE NOT PROPERLY INSTRUCTED IN AVO IDING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR WORK ENVIRONMENT. DECKING PANEL HE HAD DISPLACED ON THE WAY OVER TO ANOTHER AREA. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ON THE ROOF OF A BUILDING HELPING 2 OTHER IRONWORKERS INSTALL METAL ROOF DECKING . HE WAS TOLD TO BRING SOME DECK SHEETS FROM A SCRAP PILE ON THE NORTHWEST CORNE R OF THE ROOF. ON THE WAY TO THE SCRAP PILE HE PUSHED UP A DECK SHEET THAT WAS C OVERING A 4 FOOT BY 2 FOOT FLOOR OPENING. WHEN HE PICKED UP THE DECK SHEET, IT B LOCKED HIS VIEW AND HE STEPPED INTO THE OPENING. HE FELL 33 FEET TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR BELOW. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO NORTHWEST HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED D EAD ON ARRIVAL FROM INTERNAL INJURIES AND SPINE DAMAGE. THE COVERING ON THE OPEN
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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