OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14548630
CHAPMAN ROOFING CO INC
HONOLULU, HI—
Event description
Employee killed in fall through skylight opening
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:33 p.m. on January 9, 1985, Employee #1 was working on the 4: e was placed on the bottom slope opening. While walking on the roof, Employee #1 stepped on the piece of lumber marking the bottom slope side, slipped, and fell head first through the opening, breaking one of the 2 by 4s across the skylight . He fell approximately 20 ft 10 in. onto a concrete floor at ground level and w as killed instantly. 12 pitched roof of a two-story, single family dwelling with a ground-to-eave hei ght of 17 ft 11 in. He was applying 30 lb felt roofing paper and fiberglass shin gles over 1/2 in. plywood sheeting. A 42 1/2 in. square skylight opening above t he interior stairwell had been temporarily protected with two pieces of 2 by 4 l umber, nailed in the opening approximately 14 1/2 in. apart and then covered wit h the felt paper to temporarily waterproof the dwelling's interior. The opening was outlined and its edges were marked with three pieces of unnailed 1 by 4 lumb er that were laid flat: two pieces were placed on the opening sides and one piec
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- 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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