OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14518872
LAFAYETTE STEEL ERECTOR INC
BATON ROUGE, LA—
Event description
Employee killed in 22 ft fall through skylight opening
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were tacking wall partitions to the side of a buildin g under construction. Employee #1 was on the roof, walking toward the south side of the building to investigate a delay in positioning of the next wall partitio n, when he fell through a 4 ft by 4 ft unguarded skylight opening. He fell appro ximately 22 ft to the ground and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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