OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #747626
C & J ROOFING COMPANY, INC.
SO. SAN FRANCISCO, CA·
Event description
Employee injured in fall through skylight
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was covering a roof with 4 ft by 8 ft by 1/2 in. sheets of insulatio n. While handling this material, he fell 21.3 ft through a skylight made of two approximately 2 ft wide by 7 ft long pieces of glass reinforced with 1/4 in. wir e. Employee #1 was hospitalized with a large laceration to the skull. When Emplo yee #1 picked up the sheet of roofing material, the force of the wind (21 mph) m ay have pushed him near the skylight.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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