OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14214209
TATE METAL BLDG & CONSTRUCTION CO INC
KNOXVILLE, TN—
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM ROOF AND DIED
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 had been instructed on how to lay sheeting on the roof. The sheeting was 20 inches wide, 35 feet long and weighed approximately 50 pounds. Employee #1 stepped onto bare, not fully supported roof insulation and fell 19 feet to th e concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized and died 2 days later of head in juries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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