OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #818120
ROOF OPENING COVER,HEAD,CONSTRUCTION,ROOFER,FALL,CONCUSSION,INATTENTION
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED BY FALL THROUGH ROOF OPENING
Investigation abstract
On June 27, 1989, Employee #1 was assisting roofers in spraying light concrete o ver a corrugated metal deck. The employee would hold a cover over an opening on the roofing under which there was no concrete while other employees sprayed conc rete into the rafters, HVAC opening, or skylight opening. When a coffee break wa s called, Employee #1 sat down on a Styrofoam board that lay across an HVAC open ing. The Styrofoam could not support his weight and snapped in half. Employee #1 was killed when he fell 17.5 feet to a concrete floor.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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