OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #739730
RETRO SPEC CO
COVINGTON, KY·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED IN FALL FROM ROOF
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 4:15 PM ON FEBRUARY 23, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LAYING THE LAST 4 RRIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL. 0 FEET OF SHEET METAL ROOFING MATERIAL ON A RIDGE VENT, APPROXIMATELY 51 FEET, 1 0 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HOLDING ON TO THE ROOF RIDGE WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND THE BASKET OF THE MAN LIFT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON ROOF RIDGE AND A THIRD EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE LIFT. THE LIFT WAS A "JLG LIFT" MODEL #60-H D OSR, SN#-0308609861, ID# 9861. EMPLOYEE #1 TOLD T HE LIFT OPERATOR TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE LIFT DOWN. WHILE THE LIFT WAS BEING LO WERED FROM THE ROOF, EMPLOYEE #1, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, FELL FROM THE RIDGE VENT 51 FEET TO THE CONCRETE WALKWAY. HE SUFFERED MULTIPLE INJURIES AND WAS DEAD ON A
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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