OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221371479
75063 - WIRE NUTS INC
SUMMERVILLE, SC·
Event description
Employee falls from roof and dies from blunt force trauma
Investigation abstract
At 4:15 p.m. on July 7, 2021, an employee worked to tie the wiring of a solar panel while working on a roof. The employee attempted to correct the installation of some incorrectly installed wires and walked backwards to unwrap the wires. At some point, the employee stepped off the roof and fell approximately twenty-eight feet. The employee was transported to the hospital to treat blunt force trauma injuries to the body and later died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
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