OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221392988

SOUTHEASTERN ENGINEERING SALES, INC.

WILLIAMSBURG, VA· 2021-09-14T00:00:00

Event: Abdomen, Arm, Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Changing, Engineering Controls, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Filter, Foot, Fracture, HVAC, Inattention, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Leading Edge, Leg, Maintenance, Manufacturing, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Replacing, Rib, Roof, Temporary, Temporary Employment Agency, Temporary Worker, Unguarded, Unsafe Position, Walking Surface, Warning Line, Work Surface
NAICS: 561790
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345538227
Employer profile: SOUTHEASTERN ENGINEERING SALES, INC.
Summary number: 221392988
Report ID: 0355112

Event description

Employee sustains multiple injuries in fall off unguarded ro

Investigation abstract

At 11:40 a.m. on September 14, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a coworker finished his work and was transporting equipment off of the roof. The employee was finishing an air filter replacement approximately 10 feet from the edge of the unguarded roof per employee and witness statements. As the employee completed his work, he was walking back towards the coworker when he stepped off the edge of the roof. The employee fell approximately 25 to 30 feet to a lower rooftop. The employee was hospitalized to treat a concussion, a fractured left arm, two fractured ribs and dislocations, sprains, lacerations, contusions and/or bruises to his abdomen, back, feet, and legs (injury type and locations not further specified in the narrative). temporary staffing agency had taken an assignment working for a building services contractor. The employee was working with a coworker on the roof of a client building replacing air filters on the HVAC system. The employee was working within approximately 10 to 15 feet from the edge of the roof. The coworker was a permanent employee of the client employer. The building was an industrial manufacturing facility owned and operated by the client. The roof where the employee was working was a flat roof with no parapet wall. The team was not wearing any fall protection or taking any other precautions. The

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 50 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
889

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