OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221405632

SUNBELT VACUUM SERVICE, INC.

CARROLLTON, TX· 2021-10-27T00:00:00

Event: Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Hose, Pulled In, Roof, Rope, Skylight
NAICS: 238990
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345603146
Employer profile: SUNBELT VACUUM SERVICE, INC.
Summary number: 221405632
Report ID: 0626300
Project type: B
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee is killed in fall through skylight

Investigation abstract

At 12:30 p.m. on October 27, 2021, an employee worked with a coworker to vacuum loose gravel from a roof. The employee pulled a rope to hoist the vacuum hose onto the roof and as the last section of hose was pulled up, the employee fell approximately twenty-five feet through a skylight, and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 64 M

Event type
5

Fall distance
25

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