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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14565980

HART HEATING & COOLING COMPANY

Event
ROOF OPENING COVER, INSTALLING, ROOF, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ROOF OPENING
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#14603955
Employer profile
HART HEATING & COOLING COMPANY
Summary number
14565980
Report ID
950411

Event description

Employee killed in 22 ft fall through roof opening

Investigation abstract

At approximately 10:30 a.m. on April 6, 1985, Employee #1 was installing a metal rain gutter at the edge of a roof when he fell 22 ft through a roof opening to the ground. He was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 29 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    1
    Event type
    5
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    17
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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