OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14278428
WATERBURY FOUNDATION CO., INC.
MILFORD, CT—
Event description
Employee killed in fall from roof
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was on the roof of a three-story building, attempting to use a wheel well to lower a concrete finishing machine to the ground. The machine was resti ng on top of the parapet wall. Once a coworker at ground level had taken the sla ck out of the manila rope, Employee #1 pushed the machine free from the building . He then grabbed the rope and fell to the ground with the wheel well machine. E mployee #1 was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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