OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690511
HEAD,REPAIR,ROOF,SAFETY BELT,TRIPPED,FALL,TIE-OFF,ASPHALT
Event description
STUMBLED AND FELL FROM ROOF
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ALONG WITH ONE OTHER EMPLOYEE TO REPAIR THE ROOF OF TINT PROTECTIVE DEVICES SUCH AS PERIMETER BARRIERS OR SAFETY BELTS WITH TIE OFFS BEI NG USED TO PROTECT THE EMPLOYEES FROM FALLING. IT WAS STATED THAT THE EMPLOYEES HAD BEEN CAUTIONED NOT TO GET TOO CLOSE TO THE ROOF'S EDGE. IC HIGH SCHOOL. THERE WERE TIGHTENING BOLTS AND CAULKING CRACKS IN THE CORRUGATE D METAL ROOF, WHICH WAS OF STEP DESIGN. EMPLOYEE #1'S TOOLS WERE A HAND RATCHET AND A CAULKING GUN. IT IS BELIEVED THAT EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING A STEP LEVEL, 12 0 FEET BY 24 FEET THAT, ACCORDING TO PRINTS, HAD A PITCH OF 2 FEET TO 12 FEET. H OWEVER, MEASUREMENTS BY OPTICS INDICATED THERE WAS A PITCH OF ONLY 1.45 FEET TO 12 FEET, AT A HEIGHT OF 31 FEET ABOVE THE ASPHALT-COVERED GROUND LEVEL. IN NEGOT IATING THE CORRUGATED SURFACE, EMPLOYEE #1 APPARENTLY STUMBLED AND LOST HIS BALA NCE, FALLING AND FATALLY STRIKING THE ASPHALT BELOW WITH HIS HEAD. THERE WERE NO
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 17 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 2
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