OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221463672
GERARDO RANGEL
HUNTSVILLE, TX·
Event description
Employee Is Killed In Fall From Scaffold
Investigation abstract
At 1:45 p.m. on May 19, 2022, an employee was raising scaffold outriggers while preparing to perform masonry work at a new residential building. The employee attempted to jump from the east area to the south area of the scaffold but fell 12 feet onto the concrete floor, landing headfirst. The employee sustained skull and finger fractures from the fall and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 60 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 563
- Fall distance
- 12
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