OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14498059
LONE STAR ROOFING COMPANY
HOU, TX—
Event description
Employee killed in 57 ft fall from roof
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and six coworkers were working on a 57 ft high roof with a 38 in. pa rapet wall. Two coworkers were sent to ground level while the others stayed on t he roof picking up trash. A 160 lb bundle of trash was readied to be lowered to the ground using a wood boom made of 2 by 4 and 2 by 6 pine boards, a frame, and a 10 in. pulley with a 5/8 in. manila rope. As the bundle of trash was being lo wered, the boom cracked. Employee #1 tried to stop it from falling and was pulle d over the parapet. He fell to the ground and was killed. Excessive stress on th e boom was the main cause of the accident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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