OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #686774
ERECTION PROCESS,INSTALLING,BUILDING,DECKING PANEL,IRON WORKER,CONSTRUCTION,STEEL ERECTION,METAL DECKING,FALL
Event description
FALL FROM ROOF DECKING
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE FELL 36FT TO THE GROUND (DIRT WITH ROCKS) WHEN HE WAS INSTALLING DEC KING ON THE ROOF OF A METAL BUILDING. HE WAS REMOVING ONE SHEET OF DECKING FROM A DECKING BUNDLE STACKED ON THE ROOF, AND HIS HANDS SLIPPED -- HE FELL BACKWARDS OFF THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING TO THE GROUND BELOW. THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED TWO BRO KEN ARMS AND A FRACTURED PELVIS, AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN PAYSON UTAH.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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