Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221379761

JLJ CONTRACTING, INC.

Event
Chimney, Fall, Installing, Scaffold, Walk Platform
NAICS
238140
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345467054
Employer profile
JLJ CONTRACTING, INC.
Summary number
221379761
Report ID
0524200
Project type
B
Construction end-use
C

Event description

Employee falls down chimney and dies

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on August 7, 2021, an employee worked from a scaffold platform to remove an old chimney and replace it with a new brick chimney on the roof of a commercial building. While the employee worked on the seventh course of bricks, the employee fell approximately forty-five feet into the chimney. The employee was taken to the hospital for treatment, where he died of the injuries received.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 45 M

    Event type
    5
    Fall distance
    45

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