OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #601849
KATZ WELDING COMPANY
TITUSVILLE, FL·
Event description
Employee dies after falling through roof opening
Investigation abstract
On March 6, 1989, Employee #1 was 25 feet high on the roof of a Wal-Mart expansi on. He was helping another employee lay down metal sheets that were 20 feet long and 30 inches wide and weighed about 80 pounds per sheet. He was trying to move a bundle (there were 10 sheets in a bundle) with a prybar when he slipped and f ell through an opening in the roof. He fell about 25 feet to the concrete floor and was killed. He was experienced in this type of work, having owned his own co mpany for 16 years before he retired. At the time of the accident, the weather w as clear and sunny.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 69 Male
- Nature of injury
- Concussion (6)
- Part of body
- HEAD (13)
- Accident type
- FALL(FROM ELEVATION) (5)
- Source of injury
- BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES (8)
- Occupation
- Roofers (595)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- MATERIALS HANDLG EQUIP./METHOD (8)
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.