OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #809640
FRACTURE,ROOF,WORK RULES,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,UNTRAINED,LEG,WRIST
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL FROM ROOF
Investigation abstract
SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING SHEETROCK AND FELT ON A 5/12 PITCHED ROOF. THE L PROTECTION BECAUSE THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW TO HOOK LIFELINES TO THE ROOF AND HAD NOT RECEIVED TRAINING FROM THE EMPLOYER. EAVE TO GROUND DISTANCE WAS 17 FEET, 9 INCHES. WHILE SCREWING DOWN A PIECE OF S HEET ROCK WITH A SCREWGUN, EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS LOCATED APPAROXIMATELY 3 TO 4 FE ET FROM THE EDGE OF THE ROOF, SLIPPED AND SLID DOWN THE ROOF AND FELL OVER THE E DGE TO THE GROUND. THE EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED FRACTURES TO HIS LEFT LEG AND WRIST AN D WAS HOSPITALIZED. HE WAS NOT USING A SAFETY BELT, LANYARD OR LIFELINE, NOR WER E CATCH PLATFORMS PROVIDED. SAFETY BELTS, LANYARDS AND LIFELINES WERE PROVIDED F OR EACH EMPLOYEE BY THE EMPLOYER AND WERE PRESENT AT THE WORKSITE WHEN THE ACCID ENT OCCURRED. THE FOREMAN OVER THIS JOB INDICATED THAT THE CREW DID NOT WEAR FAL
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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