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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221449366

WATERTITE ROOFING OF NORTH FLORIDA

Event
Blunt force trauma, Dislocated, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Harness, Head, Laceration, Roof, Vertebra
NAICS
238160
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345865976
Employer profile
WATERTITE ROOFING OF NORTH FLORIDA
Summary number
221449366
Report ID
0419700
Project type
B
Construction end-use
A

Event description

Employee falls off roof to ground and is killed

Investigation abstract

At 11:10 a.m. on March 29, 2022, Employee #1 was on a 10-foot high roof throwing old roofing material from the roof to the ground below. Employee #1 told a coworker that he was not feeling well. The coworker told Employee #1 to get off the roof and take a break. Employee #1 took off his personal fall protection harness to go down. The coworker observed Employee #1 appearing to look dazed and starting to shake. Employee # 1 then stepped off the roof and fell 10 feet to the concrete walkway below. Employee #1 died from blunt impact to the head, laceration, fracture and dislocation of vertebrae.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 53 M

    Event type
    5
    Occupation code
    595

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