OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690685
PAULSEN ROOFING
CLEARFIELD, UT—
Event description
Employee injured in fall through roof
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a roofer, was on a flat roofed building reroofing it with tar, insu lation, felt, and gravel. The old roof had been removed from the three layers of 1/2 inch Sheetrock on 3 by 11 joints on 36 in. centers. The old tar and gravel had been removed on May 15, 1985. As Employee #1 was putting the tar down on the Sheetrock, he stepped on the Sheetrock and fell 30 ft to the concrete floor. He sustained multiple fractures and was hospitalized. A coworker was installing th e insulation board behind Employee #1. The uncovered Sheetrock had been exposed to rain.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 3 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 595
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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