OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221379761
JLJ CONTRACTING, INC.
WAUKEGAN, IL·
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
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Event type
- 5
- Fall distance
- 45
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