OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #732297
CONCRETE SLAB,ROOF,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,CONCRETE
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIES FROM FALL THROUGH ROOF
Investigation abstract
On April 14, 1989, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were installing metal sheeting fr om the west edge of a roof to the peak 50 ft away. The metal sheeting was being installed over fiberglass insulation 6 in. thick by 3 ft wide laid on the roof p urlins. A 3 ft wide by 30 ft long piece of metal sheeting had been laid down lea ving a 20 ft section of fiberglass uncovered. Employee #1 was installing metal s crews through the metal sheeting and fiberglass insulation into the purlins with a screw gun. He was 31 ft from the west edge of the roof and 33.25 ft above the concrete slab when he fell onto and through the fiberglass insulation. Employee #1 was hospitalized and died several hours later of multiple internal injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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