OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #823708
FRACTURE,HEAD,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,ROOF OPENING,LOST BALANCE,UNTRAINED
Event description
Employee killed in fall through roof opening
Investigation abstract
Employees of Oak Contracting Company started the work day by carrying an electri o months before the accident, pre-employment safety and health training was limi ted. c saw and other related tools to the roof of a building. In an attempt to obtain electrical power for his tools, Employee #1 decided to drop a flexible cord thr ough a 3 ft 6 in. by 5 in. roof opening that had been cut out to receive an air conditioning unit and that was nailed shut with a 4 ft by 8 ft 5/8 in. plywood p anel. While trying to lift the plywood cover, the employee lost his balance, wen t through the opening, and fell 13 ft (1/4 in.) to a concrete surface. He sustai ned severe head fractures and was killed. Past job experience was the only safet y training qualification required by the employer. When Employee #1 was hired tw
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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