OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221374721

TDI INC.

MORROW, GA· 2021-07-19T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cleaning, Climbing, Concussion, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Guardrail, Head, Inexperience, Janitor, Mobile Scaffold, Scaffold, Shoulder, Skull, Training
NAICS: 446120
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345438592
Employer profile: TDI INC.
Summary number: 221374721
Report ID: 0418200
Project type: D
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from scaffold while removing insu

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 p.m. on July 19, 2021, an employee was removing insulation that was wrapped around an HVAC duct suspended from the ceiling. The employee was using a Baker's scaffold and he had climbed onto the guardrails to remove the insulation. The employee was killed after falling from the guardrails and suffering head injuries from impact with the ground.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 58 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
453

Fall distance
9

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