OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221629025

GROENEWEG CONSTRUCTION, LLC

ARMOUR, SD· 2023-12-29T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Barn, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Elevated, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Frame, Framing, Head, Panel, Portable Power Tool, Scaffold, Scissor lift, Sheet Metal, Traumatic, Wall
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347194151
Employer profile: GROENEWEG CONSTRUCTION, LLC
Summary number: 221629025
Report ID: 0830400
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee falls from scissor lift causing head trauma leading

Investigation abstract

At 11:00 a.m. on December 29, 2023, Employee #1 was working for a framing contractor. Employee #1 was securing interior metal panels with a cordless drill to the interior wall of a pole barn while standing on a scissor lift. Employee #1 fell 7 feet from the scissor lift causing head trauma resulting in his fatality.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 56 M

Event type
5

Fall distance
7

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