OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #593533
SKYLIGHT,ROOF,FALL
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN HE FALLS THROUGH SKYLIGHT
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and another employee were repairing the roof of an office building a ttached to the main production building of a manufacturing facility. Employee #1 walked across the roof of the production building to see what was on the other side. Employee #1 had crossed to the other side of the production building on th e roof and was returning, when he stepped through a skylight and fell 21 ft to a concrete floor. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital where he died appro ximately three hours later of massive internal bleeding.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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