OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #809137
HAMLIN ROOFING CO., INC.
RALEIGH, NC·
Event description
Employee killed in fall through hatchway opening
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was the foreman for a roofing crew putting a Carlisle roof on a mote l. The roof had a flat concrete base which would be eventually covered with styr ofoam insulation batts of varying thickness. The crew had laid about ten pieces of insulation, with one of the pieces covering all but 8 in. of a 30 in. by 36 i n. opening. Employee #1 and another crew member had laid the insulation when the other crew member went to the material pile to get more insulation. The opening was covered only by the insulation. Employee #1 stepped away from the opening a nd apparently forgot about the covered opening. He was killed when he fell 30 ft through the opening to a concrete floor.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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