OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221612864

DANIEL VAZQUEZ AMIGO ROOFING AND CONTRACTING, LLC

HOLLY HILL, FL· 2023-10-31T00:00:00

Event: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Commercial Building, Construction, Contusion, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Guardrail, Head, Laceration, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Roof, Roof Opening, Roof Opening Cover, Roofer, Skylight, Walking Surface
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347075913
Employer profile: DANIEL VAZQUEZ AMIGO ROOFING AND CONTRACTING, LLC
Summary number: 221612864
Report ID: 0419700
Project type: C
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee is killed in fall through skylight to concrete floo

Investigation abstract

At 4:57 p.m. on October 31, 2023, an employee working as a roofer for a roofing to the head. contractor had traveled up a low slope roof that had 8-flush mounted skylights. The employee was not using a personal fall protection system and the skylights were not protected with either guardrails or covers. The employee was tasked with identifying leaking areas for resealing. The employee had taken a video and texted it to the property owner with his observations on the roof. There were no witnesses or video footage as to what the employee was actually doing at the time. The employee fell through the northeast skylight and was found on the concrete floor of the warehouse. The employee had died from blunt force trauma

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 50 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
595

Fall distance
18

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