OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #998682
CENTRAL ROOFING CO.
RICHFIELD, MN·
Event description
ONE WORKER KILLED, TWO INJURED WHEN ROOF COLLAPSED
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 AM ON JUNE 24, 1987, EMPLOYEES #2 AND #3 WERE JUST FINISH ING UP PLACING 12 INCH PRE-CAST CONCRETE ROOF PLANKS ON A ONE STORY CONCRETE BLO CK BUILDING. SUDDENLY, WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THE ROOF PLANKS BEGAN COLLAPSING. EM PLOYEE #1, WHO WAS STANDING ON THE ROOF MAKING AN ESTIMATE OF ROOF WORK REMAININ G, FELL BETWEEN THE COLLAPSING CONCRETE PLANKS AND WAS CRUSHED. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS THROWN OUT OF THE BUILDING, WHILE EMPLOYEE #3 RODE THE FALLING PLANKING DOWN. EM PLOYEE #1 DIED OF MULTIPLE INTERNAL INJURIES. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH SEVERE LACERATIONS AND EMPLOYEE #3 RECEIVED A MINOR ABRASION ON ONE FOREARM.
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 7
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 17
- 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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