OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #823997
ROOF OPENING COVER,FRACTURE,ROOF,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,ROOF OPENING,HIP,UNGUARDED
Event description
Employee injured in fall through roof opening
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 stepped from a stack of foam insulation down to what he thought was a roll of rubber covered with plastic, but which was actually a piece of plastic over a raised roof opening for an air conditioning unit. The employee fell 15 f t 7 in. to the ground floor of the building. He suffered a fractured hip and was hospitalized. The raised box around the opening was 18 in. above the roof surfa ce.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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