OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #767038
HEAD,ROOF,STRUCK AGAINST,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM ROOF
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were working on a roof. The coworker told Employee #1 he was taking a break in 10 to15 minutes and continued working. A few minutes l ater, Employee #1 was at the other end of the roof. The coworker looked a few mi nutes later and did not see Employee #1. A passerby found Employee #1 lying on t he ground. He had fallen from the roof 8ft to the concrete walkway striking his head. Employee #1 died in the hospital 4 days later.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 579
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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