Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221478019

SHAFFER'S ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING, INC.

Event
Blunt force trauma, Cleaning, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Head, Skylight
NAICS
236118
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345900799
Employer profile
SHAFFER'S ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING, INC.
Summary number
221478019
Report ID
0420600

Event description

Employee dies after falling through skylight

Investigation abstract

At 4:15 p.m. on April 11, 2022, an employee was cleaning skylights on a roof, 22 feet above ground. When he stepped on the skylight, he fell through the skylight to the ground below. The employee sustained head trauma and died three days later.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 38 M

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    213

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