OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #742320
FRACTURE,REPAIR,ROOF,BARRIER GUARD,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,WARNING SIGN
Event description
Employee injured in fall through roof
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was attempting to repair a roof. He fell about 35 feet through a det eriorated area of the roof and sustained multiple fractures to both arms for whi ch he was hospitalized. No warning sign or barrier was being used.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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