OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #823005
R. E. LINDER STEEL ERECTORS, INC.
HANOVER, MD·
Event description
Employee's hand cut as he falls with metal sheet
Investigation abstract
Employees were approximately 25 ft above the ground at the roof edge attaching c lamps to sheet metal that was to be pulled up and attached to the roof trusses. When the employees unclamped the approximately 20 ft by 3 ft metal sheets, one s heet slid down the trusses, which were at a 4.68:12 slope. When Employee #1 reac hed down to grab the sheet, it cut his hand and knocked him off the roof. He fel l onto the sheet of metal and rode it to the ground. He was hospitalized with la cerations.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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