OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #745034
COMMERCIAL ERECTORS, INC.
LANHAM, MD·
Event description
Employee killed in fall through skylight opening
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was a member of a four man crew that was installing corrugated steel decking on the north side of a roof. The crew needed a piece of decking approxi mately 3 ft by 6 ft. He said that he knew where a scrap piece was and went to th e south side of the roof, where he picked up a piece of decking that the foreman had placed over a 2 ft by 2 ft skylight opening. Employee #1 then stepped into the opening and fell 18 ft 6 in. to the stairway. He was killed. This crew, incl uding Employee #1, had not been properly trained in the recognition and avoidanc e of unsafe conditions.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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