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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #673889

WORK RULES,RIB,INATTENTION,FRACTURE,INSTALLING,ROOF,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,BRAIN

Event
WORK RULES,RIB,INATTENTION,FRACTURE,INSTALLING,ROOF,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,BRAIN
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
673889
Report ID
751910

Event description

Employee injured in fall from roof

Investigation abstract

At 2:30 p.m. on May 3, 1986, Employee #1 was working on a 2 by 12 plank, install ing sheet metal on the roof of a building under construction at the Diamond Voge l Plant, Marshalltown, IA. He stepped off the end of the plank and fell through the insulation and the metal strips holding the insulation. He fell approximatel y 30 feet, landed on an uneven pile of hard clay dirt clods, then rolled 2 to 3 feet down an incline, stopping face down on the ground. He was hospitalized with head and brain damage, left wrist and neck injuries, and several broken ribs.

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 38 M

    Nature of injury
    6
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    595
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #981 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

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