OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14520498
DUKE TRI COUNTY ROOFING CONTRACTORS INC
ROBINSON, IL—
Event description
Employee killed in fall from ladder
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was carrying a 90 lb roll of roofing felt up a 23 ft ladder that ext ended 24 in. above a roof parapet. He apparently placed or dropped the roll of f elt on the roof and then fell from the ladder to the pavement. Employee #1 died of massive fractures. Although a 2.4 kv power phase was within 4 ft of the alumi num ladder, and although one of the phases was draped over the ladder onto the g utter, no evidence of electrical shock injuries was noted by the coroner. No one witnessed the actual fall from the ladder.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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