OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #809590
BAKER ROOFING COMPANY INC
RALEIGH, NC·
Event description
Employee dies after falling through roof opening
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was installing single ply rubber roofing material on an office build 7 in. by 39 1/2 in. opening. He fell 20 ft to a concrete floor, sustaining massi ve head injuries, and died. ing roof that contained 17 unguarded/uncovered openings for air conditioning ins tallation. Each was surrounded by a metal frame that extended 12 in. above roof level. Employees had rolled out a 100 ft length of rubber on the front portion o f the roof and were preparing to spread it out to its full width. Four or five e mployees, including Employee #1, had stationed themselves along the length of th e rubber and begun pulling it out to unfold it. The employees were facing the fr ont of the building while backing toward the roof openings. Employee #1's leg ap parently struck the raised metal frame, causing him to fall backward through a 2
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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