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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #694646

WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,UNSTABLE SURFACE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ROOF PANEL

Event
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,UNSTABLE SURFACE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ROOF PANEL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
694646
Report ID
355118

Event description

Employee killed in fall as paneling gives way

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was at Koppers Plant removing corrugated roofing material from an ol d boiler house when he stepped on a piece of deteriorated paneling. The paneling gave way and Employee #1 fell to the concrete floor and was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 48 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    5
    Source
    3
    Occupation code
    889
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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