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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for Kentucky: Commercial Roofer Falls 30 Feet Through a Skylight While Installing Roof Insulation, FACE-15-KY-078
On Friday, December 11, 2015 a 25-year-old male roofer (the victim) was working with a roofing crew to install insulation and corrugated metal roofing panels on a warehouse roof. The victim was stretching roofing insulation near the peak of the roof when the insulation tore, causing the roofer to lose his balance. He stepped forward onto a clear fiberglass skylight in an attempt to gain his balance, causing the skylight to break. He fell approximately 30 feet to the concrete below, fatally striking his head. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the coroner.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for Kentucky: Commercial Roofer Falls 30 Feet Through a Skylight While Installing Roof Insulation, FACE-15-KY-078
On Friday, December 11, 2015 a 25-year-old male roofer (the victim) was working with a roofing crew to install insulation and corrugated metal roofing panels on a warehouse roof. The victim was stretching roofing insulation near the peak of the roof when the insulation tore, causing the roofer to lose his balance. He stepped forward onto a clear fiberglass skylight in an attempt to gain his balance, causing the skylight to break. He fell approximately 30 feet to the concrete below, fatally striking his head. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the coroner.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for Kentucky: Commercial Roofer Falls 30 Feet Through a Skylight While Installing Roof Insulation, FACE-15-KY-078
2017
10 pages
Report
No indication
English
Structural Analyses , Building Standards & Codes , Job Environment , Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, & Rehabilitation , Accident analysis , Accident potential , Accident prevention , Accidents , Injuries , Injury prevention , Fatalities , Traumatic injuries , Roofers , Roof falls , Fall protection , Training , Safety , Safety measures , Safety equipment , Head injuries , Job analysis , Hazards , Fatility Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE)