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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #822999

ROOF,CARPENTER,CONSTRUCTION,LACERATION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ROOF OPENING,UNGUARDED,CONTUSION,INATTENTION

Event
ROOF,CARPENTER,CONSTRUCTION,LACERATION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ROOF OPENING,UNGUARDED,CONTUSION,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
822999
Report ID
352440

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

  1. #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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