OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #652016
THE HARTFORD ROOFING CO., INC.
WETHERSFIELD, CT—
Event description
Employee killed in fall from roof
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was removing roofing material damaged by a hurricane. He was standin g on top of the material and chopping it into smaller pieces with an ax when the material separated between his legs. Employee #1 fell approximately 48 ft throu gh a plastic-covered skylight that was buried beneath the roofing material. He l anded on a concrete floor and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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