OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14469373
STEEL VALLEY ROOFING & CONSTRUCTION CO
NEW CASTLE, PA—
Event description
FALL THROUGH CELLOTEX COVERED SKYLIGHT.
Investigation abstract
ON 8-6-84 TWO ROOFERS WERE COVERING THE ROOF OF A DORMER TYPE VENTILATOR SHED WI E STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR. HE DIED ON 8/9/84 AT 3:16 PM. OF A BASA L SKULL FRACTURE. TH KM&M ROOFING MATERIAL. IN ADDITION, THEY HAD JUST COVERED THE SKYLIGHT OPENIN G WITH CELLOTEX MATERIAL. THE SKYLIGHT OPENING IS APPROXIMATELY 2 FT. X 2 FT. TH E DORMER TYPE SHED VENTILATORS HAVE A 4"X12" PITCH. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS AT THE PEAK OF THE DORMER, TACKING THE ROOF MATERIAL DOWN, WHILE THE SECOND EMPLOYE E WAS TACKING SOME FLASHING DOWN ALONG THE SIDE OF THE DORMER. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 FINISHED HIS JOB AT THE PEAK OF THE ROOF, HE WALKED DOWN THE ROOF ON AN ANGLE, S TEPPED ON THE CELLOTEX THAT COVERED THE SKYLIGHT OPENING AND FELL THROUGH THE CE LLOTEX AND SKYLIGHT OPENING TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET BELOW. H
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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