Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221382864

TX AIR LLC

Event
Attic, Back, Blunt force, Ceiling, Fall, HVAC, Installing, Neck, Sheetrock
NAICS
238220
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345485312
Employer profile
TX AIR LLC
Summary number
221382864
Report ID
0626300
Project type
E
Construction end-use
B

Event description

Employee falls through sheetrock ceiling and is killed

Investigation abstract

At 10:33 a.m. on August 13, 2021, an employee replaced an HVAC air handling unit in the attic of a two-story home. While working, the employee fell approximately twenty feet through the sheetrock ceiling and was killed by blunt force injuries to the neck and back.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 43 M

    Event type
    5
    Fall distance
    20

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