OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #673889
R. D. STEWART
MARSHALLTOWN, IA·
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)
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#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
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#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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