OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14465447
BATEN ERECTION CO
DALLAS, TX—
Event description
Employee killed in 83 ft fall from corrugated roof
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was installing 3 ft by 25 ft sections of corrugated decking on blue support steel on the roof of an automated systems warehouse. He stepped on one s ection of decking to install another, when the bottom section became displaced a nd slipped across the support steel. Employee #1 fell 83 ft through the opening, landing on a robotic rail track. He was killed instantly. No safety belts, lany ards, or nets were being used for fall protection.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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