OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #892489
DECKING,INSTALLING,ROOF,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ROOF OPENING
Event description
Employee injured in fall through undecked roof section
Investigation abstract
While installing new roofing, Employee #1 was walking across a roof top covered with black roofing paper and plastic. Employee #1 fell through a 13 ft 9 in. by 12 ft 6 in. opening that was not fully decked. Landing on a concrete deck surfac e, Employee #1 sustained injuries that required his hospitalization.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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