OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #998450
MARKFORT CONSTRUCTION CO.
ST. PAUL, MN·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL THROUGH A ROOF
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 7 AM ON JULY 9, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ON A GARAGE ROOF CUTTING 4 BY 8 SHEETS FOR ROOF DECKING AND HANDING THEM TO ANOTHER CARPENTER ON A GABLE. HE WAS 9 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. A PART OF THE ROOF DECKING, ALTHOUGH NORMAL IN OUTWARD APPEARANCE, HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY FITTED AND NAILED TO THE TRU SS. EMPLOYEE #1 STEPPED ON THIS IMPROPERLY SECURED DECKING. THE 16 PENNY NAILS P ARTIALLY HOLDING THE DECKING IN PLACE PULLED FROM THE TRUSS AND EMPLOYEE #1 FELL 11 FEET TO THE GARAGE FLOOR. HE SUFFERED A BRUISED TIBIA AND FRACTURES OF THE L EFT ANKLE.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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