OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #779520
ROOF,CARPENTER,WORK RULES,OVERLOADED,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE
Event description
Employee uninjured in fall from roof of 2 story building
Investigation abstract
Carpenters were sheeting a two story building with plywood. Employee #1 stepped on a sheet of plywood that was held in place with one nail. The nail could not h old the weight of both Employee #1 and the plywood and Employee #1 lost his bala nce. He fell off the roof to the balcony, then to the ground. He was uninjured.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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