OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #816660
M.P.D. DRYWALL COMPANY
GROTON, CT·
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
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#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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