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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221419484

KMC ENTERPRISES INC

Event
Anchor, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Skull, Truss, Wall
NAICS
236220
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345687420
Employer profile
KMC ENTERPRISES INC
Summary number
221419484
Report ID
0728900
Project type
A
Construction end-use
C

Event description

Employee falls from wall and is killed due to skull fracture

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 p.m. on December 1, 2021, an employee performed framing work and was setting wood trusses while standing on a wall. The employee's fall protection lanyard was anchored to another wood truss when he fell approximately eleven feet. The forces from the fall shifted the truss, and the employee struck the ground. The employee received a skull fracture and was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 27 M

    Event type
    5
    Occupation code
    7010
    Fall distance
    11

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