OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #893032
ROOF OPENING COVER,COVER,CONSTRUCTION,TRIPPED,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,ROOF OPENING
Event description
Employee dies after fall through hole in roof
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:00 a.m. on June 10, 1988, Employee #1 was picking up a piece of corrugated metal decking that was covering a 30-inch by 30-inch hole in the roof. He tripped and fell into the hole falling 20 feet onto the concrete floor. Employee #1 received fatal injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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