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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221359755

63756 - JOHN WATKINS AND DAVIE WATKINS

Event
Barn, Face, Fall, Fracture, Installing, Ladder, Remodel, Sheet Metal, Skull, Spine
NAICS
238390
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345296065
Employer profile
63756 - JOHN WATKINS AND DAVIE WATKINS
Summary number
221359755
Report ID
0452110

Event description

Employee falls from ladder, later dies

Investigation abstract

At 10:25 a.m. on May 6, 2021, an employee worked from a ladder to install sheet metal for a horse barn remodel. At some point, the employee fell from the ladder and received fractures to the spine, skull and face. The employee was transported by ambulance to the hospital, where the employee later died from these injuries.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 64 M

    Event type
    5
    Occupation code
    999

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