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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #893404

FRACTURE,ROOF,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,WALKING SURFACE,METAL DECKING,FALL,LEG

Event
FRACTURE,ROOF,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,WALKING SURFACE,METAL DECKING,FALL,LEG
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
893404
Report ID
355114

Event description

Employee injured in fall from roof

Investigation abstract

At approximately 2:50 p.m. on November 7, 1988, Employee #1 was walking across t he metal decking on the roof of a building. The decking had not been secured to the joist and as the employee stepped on the decking, it slipped off the joist. Both the decking and Employee #1 fell through the roof. He sustained a fractured right arm and leg, for which he was hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 29 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    2
    Event type
    5
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    597
    Human factor
    11
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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