OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14252712

THREE C'S CONSTRUCTION CO

RURAL HALL, NC— 1985-04-25T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ROOF PANEL
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #14995153
Employer profile: THREE C'S CONSTRUCTION CO
Summary number: 14252712
Report ID: 453710

Event description

Employee injured in fall from roof

Investigation abstract

At 2:00 p.m. on April 25, 1989, Employee #1 was installing skylights in the meta l roof of a building. He and two coworkers had placed a skylight and then positi oned a 10 ft long by 39 in. wide metal roof panel in place. Employee #1 had not screwed the panel down, and it slipped when he stepped on it. Both he and the pa nel fell 22 ft to the concrete floor. Employee #1 was hospitalized with multiple fractures.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
5

Occupation code
597

Human factor
20

Environmental factor
13

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

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