OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #607879
GOODWIN ROOFING COMPANY
ROSWELL, GA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL THROUGH IMPROPERLY GUARDED FLOOR OPENING
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 IS THE OWNER OF A 3 MAN ROOFING COMPANY. THE COMPANY WAS WORKING ON ERIALS. THE MATERIAL BLENDED WITH REST OF THE ROOF AREA. AS EMPLOYEE #1 AND HIS MEN WERE LEAVING THE ROOF, EMPLOYEE #1 SAID HE FORGOT SOMETHING. HE WENT BACK, S TEPPED ONTO THE ROOF AND INTO THE OPENING COVERED BY THE ROOFING MATERIAL. EMPLO YEE #1 FELL THROUGH THE ROOF TO THE FLOOR OF THE ONE STORY BUILDING. HE SUSTAINE D SERIOUS BACK AND SPINE INJURIES. A 50 BY 100 FOOT FLAT ROOF. THERE WAS NO BUILD-UP AROUND THE SKYLIGHT OPENING. E MPLOYEE #1 STATED THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD INSTALLED THIS TYPE OF R OOFING. THE ROOFING MATERIAL IS A STIFF, COMPRESSED, INSULATING MATERIAL THAT IS INSTALLED IN LARGE SHEETS. THE SHEETS ARE INSTALLED OVER THE SKYLIGHT OPENING, THEN CUT IN ORDER TO GET A SNUG FIT. THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE PROJEC T STATED THAT EMPLOYEE #1 CONSTANTLY WARNED HIS MEN ABOUT WORKING AROUND THE OPE NING, AND STOOD WATCH ANYTIME THEY WERE WORKING NEAR THE OPENING. AT THE END OF DAY, EMPLOYEE #1 COVERED THE LAST OPENING, NEAR THE LADDER, WITH THE ROOFING MAT
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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