OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #675686
KENKO CORPORATION DBA
SALEM, OR·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL THROUGH ROOF OPENING
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS EMPLOYED AS A ROOFER AND FOREMAN. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT HI H A PALLET. THE PALLET WAS NOT DESIGNED OR INTENDED FOR USE AS A FLOOR HOLE COVE RING. IT WAS NOT SECURED IN PLACE, NOR WAS A WARNING SIGN PROVIDED. THERE HAD BE EN NO INSPECTION OF THE WORK AREA PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF WORK. EARLIER, TWO O THER WORKERS, AN ELECTRICIAN AND A WELDER FROM OTHER COMPANIES, HAD CLOSE CALLS AT THE SAME FLOOR OPENING. NEITHER WORKER HAD TAKEN STEPS TO CORRECT THE HAZARD. S CREW WAS INSTALLING A LOW PITCH BUILT-UP ROOF ON A TWO STORY BUILDING. THE WOR KERS HAD JUST STARTED WORK ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. EMPLOYEE #1 AND THREE OTH ERS WERE PREPARING TO LOAD MATERIALS ONTO THE ROOF FROM A CRANE. EMPLOYEE #1 PIC KED UP A PALLET, UNAWARE THAT IT WAS COVERING A ROOF OPENING. HE STEPPED UP TO T HE PALLET, WITHOUT LOOKING, AND FELL THROUGH THE OPENING, 19 FEET TO THE NEXT FL OOR. HE SUFFERED A FRACTURED PELVIS, FRACTURED WRIST, AND A BUMP ON THE HEAD. TH E OPENING THROUGH WHICH HE FELL HAD BEEN CUT THE DAY BEFORE, THEN COVERED BY A P IECE OF PLYWOOD. SUBSEQUENTLY, A CARPENTER HAD REPLACED THE PIECE OF PLYWOOD WIT
Victims (5)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- 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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#982 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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#983 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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#984 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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