OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #571240
PEPSI-COLA GENERAL BOTTLERS INC.
BRYAN, OH·
Event description
Employee killed in fall through skylight
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was alone in a plant washing trucks on a Sunday. He went on the buil t-up tar and gravel roof of the plant to watch fireworks and sat on the edge of an unguarded skylight. In front of the skylight were later found two heel marks, the backs of which were deeper than the front, indicating that he was sitting o r possibly leaning back on the skylight when it gave way and he fell approximate ly 20 feet to a concrete floor. Employee #1 died of a concussion and a fractured skull.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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