OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #732990
ROOF COLLAPSE,FRACTURE,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,LACERATION,FALL,WORK SURFACE,CONTUSION
Event description
Two employees injured in roof collapse
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were using a jackhammer to remove a tar and gravel roof from a building. The workers were standing on the roof when it gave way and they fel l to the ground. Both employees suffered multiple fractures, cuts, and bruises, and were hospitalized. The walls were not braced and the steel supports had been cut, causing the steel to spread and allowing the tar, gravel, and concrete to give way.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 569
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Hospitalized Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 554
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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