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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170064406

FRACTURE,LUNG,INSTALLING,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ARM,HIP,ROOF PANEL,INATTENTION

Event
FRACTURE,LUNG,INSTALLING,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ARM,HIP,ROOF PANEL,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
170064406
Report ID
950411

Event description

Employee suffers multiple fractures in fall from roof

Investigation abstract

At approximately 10:30 a.m., Employee #1, a building fabricator, was setting cli ps to make preparations for laying a section of roof panels. He had been install ing metal siding and metal roof panels for approximately 8 days. Employee #1 acc identally stepped beyond the metal roof panels that had already been installed, and fell approximately 33 ft to the concrete floor. He suffered multiple fractur es to both arms, and to his wrists, hips, ribs, and nose, as well as a punctured lung.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 22 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    5
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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