OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #704536
TRI-STATE ROOFING & SHEET METAL COMPANY
LUKE, MD·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from roof
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 2, 1988, Employee #1, a lead r cable had been used to secure the hoist to a stationary roof object. A pan des igned to contain counterweights during hoisting operations was also not in use. No fall protection system, such as guardrails, safety nets, or life belt systems , were in use. The roofer's helper had received very limited on-the-job training concerning the operation of the hoist and evidence suggests that neither Employ ee #1 nor his helper had received any recent training concerning the hazards ass ociated with working on low-pitched roofs while performing built-up roofing work . roofer foreman, was working in a materials handling area near the edge of a roof . A roofer's helper and hoist operator was operating a gasoline-powered, 1,200 l b capacity Smith Hoist Master hoist, model #190-H, equipped with a swinging boom . The helper hoisted a bucket of stone to the roof elevator and then, as instruc ted by Employee #1, released the boom latch. When Employee #1 attempted to pull the 580 lb gravel bucket onto the roof, the hoist overturned. Employee #1 was ki lled when he fell 84 ft 11 in. along with the hoist onto the asphalt-covered gro und. A number of causal factors contributed to this accident. No tie-back rope o
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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