OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #761312
CECO BUILDING DIVISION
PILOT MOUNTAIN, NC·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER INJURED IN FALL THROUGH ROOF
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS A CONSTRUCTION LABORER WORKING ON A CREW INSTALLING A METAL ROOF ING DECK. ROLLS OF INSULATION WERE BEING INSTALLED OVER ROOF JOISTS AND 30 INCH WIDE BY 34 FEET LONG METAL SHEETS. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN WITH THE COMPANY ONLY TH REE DAYS BUT HAD BEEN TRAINED IN SAFETY PROCEDURES THROUGH SAFETY MEETINGS AND P ERSONAL INSTRUCTION FROM HIS FOREMAN. NO SAFETY BELTS, LANYARDS, PPE, OR FALL PR OTECTION OF ANY OTHER TYPE WERE PROVIDED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LAYING OUT THE ROOFING SHEET WHEN HE STEPPED BACK AND FELL THROUGH THE INSULATION 21 FEET, 8 INCHES TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A LACERATED AND FRACTURED CHIN AND A FRACTURED WRIST.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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