OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #967091
WEST COAST SHEET METAL, INC.
CARLSBAD, CA·
Event description
Employee dies in fall
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a sheet metal worker, fell from an 8:12 pitched roof with a ground- to-eave height of 26 ft. He landed on his head and died. There was no fall prote ction or catch platform provided.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 27 Male
- Nature of injury
- Fracture (12)
- Part of body
- HEAD (13)
- Accident type
- FALL(FROM ELEVATION) (5)
- Source of injury
- BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES (8)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.