OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #784967
HEAD,CONSTRUCTION,ROOFER,FALL,LOST BALANCE
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM ROOF
Investigation abstract
On June 23, 1989, Employee #1 was cleaning the roof area when he apparently stum bled and fell. At first, the employee rolled away from the roof edge, then rolle d toward roof edge and fell off. Employee #1 died from his injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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