OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14570964
HEAD,REPAIR,ROOF,COLLAPSE,MILLWRIGHT,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL THROUGH ROOF TO STEEL FLOOR
Investigation abstract
FOUR CENTRAL FOUNDRY MILLWRIGHT WORKERS WERE REPLACING A PORTION OF THE #3 CUPOL STANDING ON FAILED, CAUSING HIM TO FALL THROUGH THE ROOF TO THE STEEL FLOOR. HE SUFFERED MULTIPLE INJURIES TO HIS HEAD AND BODY WHICH WERE FATAL. THE FOURTH MIL LWRIGHT WAS 10 TO 15 FEET AWAY FROM THE OTHERS AND FACING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECT ION. SUSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT SEVERAL OF THE CONCRETE ROOF SLABS SHOWE D VISIBLE SIGNS OF PHYSICAL DAMAGE ON THEIR UNDERSIDE. A ROOF. THE AREA BEING REPAIRED CONSISTED OF 3 OR 4 TARRED LAYERS OF 15 POUND RO OF FELT OVER 1 FOOT FELT BOARD, TARRED TO CONCRETE ROOF SLABS WHICH WERE SUPPORT ED BY STRUCTURAL STEEL MEMBERS. THE ROOF WAS 29 FEET, 9 INCHES ABOVE THE STEEL F LOOR BELOW. THREE MILLWRIGHTS WERE PREPARING TO REMOVE A ROOF SLAB AND PUSH IT T HROUGH A ROOF OPENING DOWN TO A SPECIALLY ROPED OFF AREA BELOW. TWO OF THE MILLW RIGHTS WERE STANDING ON A NEWLY-INSTALLED STEEL ROOF DECK REPLACEMENT ROOF SECTI ON WHICH WAS ADJACENT TO THE CONCRETE ROOF SLABS TO BE REPLACED. THE OTHER MILLW RIGHT (EMPLOYEE #1) WAS STANDING ON ANOTHER CONCRETE ROOF SLAB. THE SLAB HE WAS
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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