OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221401839
HENRY GURTZWEILER INC.
DEFIANCE, OH·
Event description
Employee is killed in fall through metal roof
Investigation abstract
At 3:15 p.m. on October 14, 2021, Employee #1, along with four other employees, were installing 2 foot by 50 standing seam metal roof panels with accompanying fiberglass insulation. Employee #1 stepped off the steel panel onto the parallel running fiberglass insulation/vapor barrier. The fiberglass material was unable to support the weight of Employee #1, which caused the employee to break through and fall approximately 34 feet to the ground below. The employee was killed. Employee #1 was not wearing any fall protection equipment, and no other recognized method of fall protection was in place.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 7051
- Fall distance
- 32
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