OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #693077
CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIAL ROOFING, INC.
MARION, VA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL THROUGH FIBERGLASS SKYLIGHT
Investigation abstract
ON JUNE 12, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PICKING UP TRASH ON THE ROOF OF THE AMERICAN F URNITURE PLANT #3, WHILE A NEW LAYER OF ROOFING WAS BEING APPLIED. THE NEW LAYER CONSISTED OF 2 INCHES OF INSULATION AND A SHEET OF DUROLAST. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PI CKING UP BITS OF INSULATION AND OTHER WASTE MATERIAL BEFORE IT COULD BE BLOWN TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS COLLECTING THE TRASH IN A PLASTIC BAG. AS HE WAS DR AGGING THE BAG ACROSS THE ROOF, HE STEPPED ON A 32 INCH WIDE BY 82 INCH LONG FIB ERGLASS SKYLIGHT. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR I NSIDE THE PLANT. HE DIED ON JUNE 18, 1987.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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