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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #777763

INSTALLING,ROOF,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,UNSTABLE SURFACE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION

Event
INSTALLING,ROOF,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,UNSTABLE SURFACE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
777763
Report ID
854910

Event description

Employee injured in fall through roof insulation

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was installing roof insulation. As he stepped from the metal decking to the bar joist that was covered with insulation, he missed the joist and fell through the insulation 30 ft to the concrete footing. He was hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    5
    Source
    5
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    4
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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