OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221411515

FELIPE DE JESUS HERNANDEZ

HOUSTON, TX· 2021-11-12T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Gutter, Head, Installing, Roof, Skylight, Torso
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345639041
Employer profile: FELIPE DE JESUS HERNANDEZ
Summary number: 221411515
Report ID: 0626600
Project type: B
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee falls through skylight and is killed by blunt force

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 p.m. on November 12, 2021, an employee worked to install gutters on a roof. At some point, the employee stepped onto a skylight panel and fell approximately thirty-eight feet. The employee was killed by blunt force trauma to the head and torso.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 36 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
869

Fall distance
38

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