OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #775411
PRIDE ELECTRIC COMPANY
INOLA, OK·
Event description
Employee killed in fall through roof opening
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:05 p.m. on January 19, 1989, Employee #1 was working between a fresh air vent and a roof opening that was 4 ft away. He was facing the vent, which had just been removed, when he fell backward into the 22 ft wide by 40 ft long roof opening. The employee fell 15 ft, landing on his back and fracturing h is skull and his spine. He died on January 22, 1989. The company had not provide d personal protective equipment or any training.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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