OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #942979
ROOF DECKS, INC.
MORGANTON, NC·
Event description
Two employees hospitalized after falling from roof deck
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 through #3 were installing prefabricated roof decking panels on the roof of a building under construction. One of the panels was noted to be slight ly bowed, and in an attempt to straighten the panel, which was 5 1/2 in. thick b y 32 in. wide by 8 ft long, it was scored to a depth of 1/2 in. across the top s urface. As the employees stood on the panel forcing the tongue and grooves into an adjoining panel, the panel broke, causing Employees #1 and #2 to fall 29 ft t o the concrete. They were hospitalized with multiple fractures. Employee #3 grab bed hold of a girder and sustained only a minor bruise to his wrist.
Victims (4)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 24
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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