OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14295521
BRANNON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
GAITHERSBURG, MD—
Event description
Employee sprains shoulder in 35 ft fall from roof peak
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and coworkers, all carpenters with at least five years of experience , were on a pediment nailing on sheeting to complete the roof so that the roofer s could start to cover it. They were just below the peak of the structure when E mployee #1 fell 35 ft to the dirt ground. He sustained a sprained shoulder and w as hospitalized. It was early morning and raining lightly at the time of the acc ident. Employee #1 wore no personal protective equipment.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 569
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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