OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #734939
EDWIN J. WARE & SON, INC.
GAFFNEY, SC·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from roof
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was standing on the roof of a 42 ft high three-story building, attem pting to remove a 45 lb 5 gallon bucket of tar from a 400 lb Hoistmaster materia l hoist, model #12SD. The hoist started to fall and the employee attempted to ca tch it, but he was pulled off the roof, landing on the concrete sidewalk. Employ ee #1 received massive head injuries and was killed. A counterweight was not bei ng used.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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