OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #891085
FRACTURE,ROOF,SLIP,TRIPPED,FALL,SLIPPERY SURFACE
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED FROM FALL FROM ROOF
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working on a roof of an apartment building installing security l ights. The roof of the bldg was slippery and covered over with 4 inches of water and algae. Employee #1 was un-reeling wire and walking backwards when his leg h it a wall that was 20 inches high causing him to slip and fall 40 ft over the no rtheast side onto the grass. Employee #1 was hospitalized with multiple injuries including fractures.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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