OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #848283
SKYLIGHT,ROOF,CARPENTER,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ROOF OPENING,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed in fall through skylight
Investigation abstract
On August 23, 1989, Employee #1, a carpenter, was constructing a penthouse roof deck measuring 13 1/2 feet by 16 1/2 feet. Employee #1 was preparing to lay the final plywood sheet when he stepped into a skylight opening, measuring 30 inches by 30 inches, and fell 38 feet to his death. The skylight had been cut open by Employee #1 the same day.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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