OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221409527

GEISSLER ROOFING CO., INC.

FENTON, MO· 2021-11-08T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Installing, Roof, Roofer, Skull, Walking Backward, Wall
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345627798
Employer profile: GEISSLER ROOFING CO., INC.
Summary number: 221409527
Report ID: 0729300
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee falls from roof and is killed

Investigation abstract

At 11:00 a.m. on November 8, 2021, an employee installed roofing material. As the employee pulled back a TPO membrane to facilitate installation, the employee lost their grip, fell backward approximately forty-two feet over a parapet wall. The employee received fractures to skull and left arm and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 56 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
595

Fall distance
42

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