OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #888750
CONTEMPORARY BUILDERS, INC.
PASADENA, MD·
Event description
Employee fractures foot in fall from roof
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was preparing to flash a chimney on a 9:12 pitched roof with a groun d-to-eave height of 12 ft 6 in. He was standing on a sheet of plywood while remo ving the nails that were securing it to the roof. When he pulled on the nails, h e and the sheet of plywood slid down the roof and over the edge to the ground. H e landed on his feet, fracturing three bones in his right foot. The employee was not provided with fall protection, such as a safety belt and lanyard or a catch platform.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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