OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #764068
DUKE PACIFIC, INC.
IRWINDALE, CA·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM ROOF
Investigation abstract
ON AUGUST 19, 1987, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:05 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WENT ONTO THE ROOF OF A BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION. A FORKLIFT TRUCK LIFTED A PURLIN WITH 9 PANELS IN TO PLACE. EMPLOYEE #1 WENT TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PURLIN AND NAILED IT INTO PL ACE. WHILE PROCEEDING TO THE NORTH SIDE, EMPLOYEE #1 NAILED THE PANELS TO THE EX ISTING ROOF STRUCTURE. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 ARRIVED AT THE NORTH SIDE AND PREPARED T O NAIL THE PURLIN JOIST HANGER, IT BROKE. THE PURLIN, PANELS, AND EMPLOYEE #1 FE LL TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. HE WAS KILLED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS NOT PROTECTED BY ANY TY PE OF FALL PROTECTION.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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