OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #822916
MECCA CONTRACTORS
ELLICOTT CITY, MD·
Event description
Employee injures spine in fall from roof
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was on a roof peak preparing to place roofing paper on the back side of a house. His foot slipped and he slid down and fell approximately 27 ft. He sustained a compression fracture of his T-12 vertebra.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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