OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14448161
BRECHT ROOFING CO
STELAND, MN—
Event description
FALL FROM ROOF
Investigation abstract
THE EMPLOYEE USED A LADDER, WHICH WAS NOT TIED OFF, TO CLIMB ONTO A STEEP-PITCHE D ROOF. HE DID NOT USE A LIFELINE AND SAFETY BELT. THERE WAS NO GUARDRAIL ON THE ROOF. WHEN HE CAME DOWN HE APPARENTLY SLIPPED, OR MISJUDGED THE LOCATION OF A S HORT PARAPET FOR FOOTING, AND FELL 26 FEET TO A CONCRETE FLOOR.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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