OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #822999
CEDARWOOD ASSOCIATES
COLUMBIA, MD·
Event description
Employee sustains laceration in fall through roof hole
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a carpenter, had just arrived on site and was on a roof getting dim ensions from a coworker. He was not paying attention to where he was going and f ell 13 ft 3 in. when he stepped into a hole that had just been cut in the roof. Employee #1 sustained lacerations and contusions to the head. A coworker had tol d the employee to watch out for the holes.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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