OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221413560

WILLACY CO-OP

SEBASTIAN, TX· 2021-11-17T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Cover, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Hip, Leak, Nose, Rib, Roof, Skylight, Step, Warehouse
NAICS: 115111
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345651913
Employer profile: WILLACY CO-OP
Summary number: 221413560
Report ID: 0626000
Project type: C
Construction end-use: H

Event description

Employee suffers injuries in fall through skylight

Investigation abstract

At 11:15 a.m. on November 17, 2021, an employee was placing tarps over polycarbonate roof panels that were leaking prior to a forecasted rain event. The employee was walking across the warehouse roof and stepped on and through the polycarbonate roof panel 21 feet to the concrete floor below. The employee was hospitalized to treat fractures to both hips, nose, and ribs.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
889

Fall distance
21

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