OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #816660

INSTALLING,ROOF,UNGUARDED FL OPENING,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION

1988-12-29T00:00:00

Event: INSTALLING,ROOF,UNGUARDED FL OPENING,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 816660
Report ID: 112000

Event description

Employee dies in fall through unguarded floor opening

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was on a roof making exterior wall panels, using 6 inch steel studdi ng and 1/2 inch exterior plywood, and hanging them. The panels were set in place from the roof and were secured in place by another employee inside the building . Employee #1 and his foreman had removed three of the four stacked panels. As t hey picked up the last panel from the roof and started forward, Employee #1 fell through an unguarded floor opening. He fell 23 feet, landing on a cement floor, and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 20 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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