OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #673863
SKYLIGHT,FRACTURE,COVER,ROOF,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,ROOF OPENING,UNGUARDED
Event description
Employee injured in fall through roof skylight opening
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was applying a plastic/aluminum vapor barrier onto the roof of a ste el building, then cutting openings in the vapor barrier for skylights. The roof had several skylight openings, none of which were covered or guarded. After Empl oyee #1 covered a skylight opening, he walked across the vapor barrier and stepp ed through another opening. He fell approximately 40 ft, sustaining multiple bon e fractures, for which he was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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