OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #709162
SKYLIGHT,FRACTURE,ROOF,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,ROOF OPENING,INATTENTION,LEG
Event description
Employee's legs fractured in fall through skylight
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was cutting skylights in the roof of a building. After cutting four skylight openings and cutting the fifth one on three sides, he stopped to change the saw blade. After changing the blade, Employee #1 stepped onto the incomplet e skylight. The roof gave way, causing him to fall 30 ft to a concrete form on t he ground. He fractured both legs, and was taken to St. Benedict Hospital.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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