OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #967091
HEAD,WORK RULES,ROOF,SHEET METAL,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION
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 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- 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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