OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #887976
SKYLIGHT,INSTALLING,ROOF,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,WALKING BACKWARD,UNGUARDED
Event description
Employee dies after fall through unguarded skylight
Investigation abstract
At approximately 6:40 a.m. on July 14, 1989, Employee #1, a laborer, was assigne d by his foreman to install a roof on the southwest corner of a building. A roof er and two coworkers were moving 4 ft by 8 ft by 2 in. pieces of foam insulation from one roof to another roof to finish the roof that they were working on. Emp loyee #1 was walking backward and dragging the insulation when he fell 27 ft thr ough a 10 ft by 10 ft unguarded skylight to the second floor, striking his head against the concrete floor. He was pronounced dead at 10:20 a.m. on July 25, 198 9 at Prince George's General Hospital, Hyattsville, MD.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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