OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221447097

BIG CITY INSULATION INC

SAINT GEORGE, UT· 2022-03-01T00:00:00

Event: Blood Clot, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Concrete Floor, Construction, Face, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Floor Hole, Fracture, Head, Infectious Disease, Installing, Lung, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Protective Clothing, Pulmonary Embolism, Rib, Shoulder, Shoulder Bone, Walking Surface
NAICS: 238310
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345815542
Employer profile: BIG CITY INSULATION INC
Summary number: 221447097
Report ID: 0854910
Project type: A
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee dies after fall through hole, COVID-19, embolism

Investigation abstract

On March 1, 2022, an employee who had been installing mesh on the ceiling of a second floor loft fell through an unprotected hole and was killed. The employee fell approximately 10 feet to the concrete floor below and died on March 7, 2022. The employee had been hospitalized for a fractured left cheek bone, left ribs, and left scapula. The Medical Examiner reported that the employee died due to a pulmonary embolism caused by deep venous thrombosis which was related to both the fall and a COVID-19 infection. Both the fall and the infection are associated with an increased risk of venous thrombosis. There was no evidence of COVID-19 related lung injury.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 51 M

Event type
5

Fall distance
10

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