OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14399513

BRADY GENERAL CONTRACTORS

DALLAS, TX— 1985-02-25T00:00:00

Event: ROOF DECKING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, WELDER, CONSTRUCTION, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #1441989
Employer profile: BRADY GENERAL CONTRACTORS
Summary number: 14399513
Report ID: 626300

Event description

Welder killed in fall between roof joists

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a welder, stepped on an unsecured 4 ft by 15 ft sheet of roof decki ng that was lying across three joists with 5 ft centers. The roofing material ov erhung the joists by 4 ft. When Employee #1 stepped on the overhang the sheet ti lted, and he fell 20 ft between the joists. He was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 29 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
5

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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