OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170228365
ROOF,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,TRIPPED,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ROOF OPENING,WALKING BACKWARD,UNGUARDED
Event description
Employee dies after fall from roof
Investigation abstract
On February 9, 1990, Employee #1, age 42, and five other employees of the Roches ter Division of General Motors were on a roof relocating heavy duct work that ha d been lifted to the roof by a crane. The employees were sliding the duct on 4 b y 8 sheets of plywood. Employee #1 was placing a sheet of plywood when it became stuck. When he backed up to reposition the plywood he tripped and fell through a roof opening that had been covered with black visqueen. Employee #1 died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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