OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14526073
DONNY STEEL CONSTRUCTION
POMPANO BEACH, FL—
Event description
FALL THROUGH ROOF
Investigation abstract
TWO WORKERS WERE INSTALLING CORRUGATED METAL AND PLASTIC ROOF PANELS APPROXIMATE LY 23 FEET ABOVE A CONCRETE FLOOR. PANELS HAD BEEN LAID OUT EARLIER. THEY WERE R EMOVING THE SCREWS, STRAIGHTENING THE PANELS AND RESECURING THEM. NO SAFETY BELT PROTECTION OR PLANKING WAS IN USE. THE PLASTIC PANELS WOULD NOT SUPPORT THEIR W EIGHT. THE MEN WERE WORKING AND TRAVELING WHERE THE PANELS RESTED ON THE NARROW PURLINS TO WHICH THE PANELS WERE TO BE SECURED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRAIGHTENING TH E UNSECURED PANELS WHEN HE AND ONE OF THE SHEET METAL PANELS FELL TO THE CONCRET E FLOOR. HIS HEAD STRUCK THE FLOOR. HE DIED FOUR DAYS LATER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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