Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 98009.015 - Employee Falls Through Roof Membrane And Is Killed

**Accident: 98009.015 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 08/09/2017**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1253573.015	08/09/2017		Watson Companies Inc

At 9:15 a.m. on August 9, 2017, an employee was cutting an approximately 4 feet by 8 feet rectangular hole through a roof membrane and insulation materials so t hat employee could install a smoke vent into the hole. The employee fell approx imately 35 feet from the roof to the concrete floor when the roof decking tore o pen and the employee fell through the opening. The employee was killed from the fall.

Keywords: concrete slab, decking, fall, fall protection, roof opening

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1253573.015	49	M	Fatality		Roofers	FallDist: 35 FallHt:35 Cause: Roofing FatCause:

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