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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #735837

SPOT WELDING,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,WELDING,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ROOF OPENING,ROOF PANEL

Event
SPOT WELDING,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,WELDING,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ROOF OPENING,ROOF PANEL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
735837
Report ID
452110

Event description

Employee hospitalized after fall through roof opening

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was spot welding corrugated metal roof panels to bar joists on a thi rd story roof. He fell 26 ft through an opening to the ground floor. Employee #1 required hospitalization.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 24 M

    Nature of injury
    6
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    597
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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