OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #689422

FRACTURE,ROOF,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,WALKING BACKWARD,CONTUSION,WRIST

1988-04-06T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,ROOF,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,WALKING BACKWARD,CONTUSION,WRIST
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 689422
Report ID: 552700

Event description

Employee hospitalized after falling from roof

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was trimming edges of shingles that were lapping a 4:12 pitched roof valley, which had an eave height of 30 feet. He was working on his knees with h is back to the roof edge and backed off the roof. Suffering two broken wrists, a nd bruises and contusions to various parts of his body, Employee #1 was hospital ized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
24

Event type
5

Source
5

Occupation code
595

Human factor
18

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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