Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14429609

METRO MECHANICAL SERVICE CO., INC.

Event
MAINTENANCE, WORK RULES, TREE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#101438265
Employer profile
METRO MECHANICAL SERVICE CO., INC.
Summary number
14429609
Report ID
830500

Event description

Employee killed in fall from roof of high-rise building

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was on the roof of a 13 story high-rise building performing maintena nce work on a cooling tower. He was killed when he fell from the roof onto a tre e, then onto the sidewalk.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 53 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    5
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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