Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221405111

O&M FRAMING LLC

Event
Board, Elevated Work Platform, Emergency Response, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Framing, Installing, Nail gun, Pneumatic tool, Scaffold
NAICS
238130
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345600811
Employer profile
O&M FRAMING LLC
Summary number
221405111
Report ID
0625400
Project type
A
Construction end-use
A

Event description

Employee falls and dies when makeshift platform breaks

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 p.m. on October 22, 2021, an employee worked to install an overhead support beam in a kitchen nook area. The employee used a fourteen-foot long two by six-inch piece of lumber, nailed on one side, as a makeshift scaffold platform to access the area. The employee stopped while crossing the platform to use a pneumatic nail gun to install framing near the center of the board. As the employee applied pressure to nail the framing overhead, the board broke and the employee fell. The employee was transported by emergency medical services to the hospital, where the employee died from the injuries.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 27 M

    Event type
    5
    Occupation code
    599
    Fall distance
    14

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