OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #692319

ROOF COLLAPSE,HEAD,ROOF,WAREHOUSE,UNSTABLE SURFACE,FALL

1986-05-31T09:00:00

Event: ROOF COLLAPSE,HEAD,ROOF,WAREHOUSE,UNSTABLE SURFACE,FALL
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 692319
Report ID: 355112

Event description

EMPLOYEE FELL THROUGH ROOF; STRUCK HEAD ON FLOOR

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 9 AM ON MAY 31, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HELPING CUT HOLES IN THE LMONARY LACERATIONS, MULTIPLE HORIZONTAL AORTIC TEARS AND A RUPTURED PERICARDIUM WITH AN INFERIOR VENA CAVA LACERATION. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS LISTED AS CRANIOC EREBRAL TRAUMA. ROOF OF A WAREHOUSE (TO RECIEVE POTASH THROUGH A CHUTE FROM A SHIP). EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO LEAVE THE ROOF TO HELP START A FRONT END LOADER. AS HE L EFT, A 30 BY 34 INCH SECTION OF THE ROOF COLLAPSED UNDER HIM. HE FELL THROUGH TH E ROOFING, THE SHEETING AND BETWEEN THE 2 BY 10 INCH WOODEN CEILING JOISTS TO TH E CONCRETE FLOOR, APPROXIMATELY 42 FEET BELOW. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED ACUTE HEAD I NJURIES, INCLUDING LACERATIONS, ABRASIONS, MULTIPLE SKULL FRACTURES, AND LACERAT ED FRONT AND TEMPORAL LOBES WITH PERIVASCULAR BRAIN STEM PETACHIAL HEMORRHAGES. HE ALSO RECEIVED ACUTE CHEST INJURIES INCLUDING MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES, RIGHT PU

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 31 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
2

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