Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
105,991Records 71,450Employers 85,836Hospitalizations 27,959Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-11-30

OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221399454

WILLIAM GRIFFEY

Event
Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Head, Roof, Roofer, Spine
NAICS
238160
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345567325
Employer profile
WILLIAM GRIFFEY
Summary number
221399454
Report ID
0522500
Project type
B
Construction end-use
C

Event description

Employee falls from roof and is killed by head and spinal in

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on October 7, 2021, an employee worked to replace slate shingles on a conical section of roof. While working, the employee fell approximately forty feet, received head and spinal injuries, and was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 46 M

    Event type
    5
    Occupation code
    599
    Fall distance
    40

Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.