OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #887562
ROOF,PPE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,BACK,DISLOCATED,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE
Event description
Employee injured in fall from roof eave
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was cutting away a part along the eave at the northeastern corner of a roof when he stepped on some bad wood and lost his footing. He went over the side of the roof and fell 30 ft to the ground. He dislocated his back and was ho spitalized. No warning lines had been marked and the employee was not using pers onal protective equipment.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 534
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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