Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221461569

WEST TENNESSEE CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Event
Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Installing, Roof, Roofer, Traumatic
NAICS
238160
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345947451
Employer profile
WEST TENNESSEE CONSTRUCTION, LLC
Summary number
221461569
Report ID
0454715
Project type
A
Construction end-use
A

Event description

Employee Is Killed In Fall From Roof

Investigation abstract

At 3:23 p.m. on May 5, 2022, an employee was installing a metal roof on a residential building. The employee was popping a chalk line on the metal roofing panels when he fell off the side of the roof, falling a distance of 12 feet to the ground. The employee was killed from injuries sustained upon impact.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 24 M

    Event type
    5
    Fall distance
    12

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