OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221499635

GULF COAST FLOORING & SERVICES, LLC

HOUSTON, TX· 2022-04-01T00:00:00

Event: Abrasion, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broke, Commercial Building, Construction, Contusion, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Head, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Roof, Roof Opening, Roofer, Site Preparation, Skylight, Spine, Tripped, Unguarded, Walking Backward
NAICS: 238330
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345874507
Employer profile: GULF COAST FLOORING & SERVICES, LLC
Summary number: 221499635
Report ID: 0626700

Event description

Employee scarfing roof dies in fall through skylight

Investigation abstract

At 8:43 a.m. on April 1, 2022, an employee was operating an AGB Weatherproofing Technologies Scarfer Machine removing spray foam off the roof of a commercial building in preparation for repairs. The employee was walking backwards while pulling the scarfer machine when he tripped and fell onto a skylight. The skylight broke and the employee fell over 36 feet onto the tile floor of the first-floor hallway below. The employee was not wearing fall protection and the skylight was not covered or barricaded. The employee died from blunt force cephalo-cervical trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 42 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
7045

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