OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221646672

KONNAN'S ROOFING

LAUREL, MS· 2024-03-02T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Building, Building Collapse, Cleaning, Collapse, Commercial Building, Concrete Floor, Contusion, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Hand Tool, Head, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Roof, Roofer, Roofing, Structural Collapse, Torso
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347322422
Employer profile: KONNAN'S ROOFING
Summary number: 221646672
Report ID: 0419400
Project type: C
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee dies from multiple trauma in fall thru roof slab

Investigation abstract

At 9:15 a.m. on March 2, 2024, an employee working as a roofer for a roofing contractor was cleaning a roof with hand tools. The slab the employee was cleaning gave way causing the employee to fall approximately 60 feet to the floor. The employee died from multiple blunt force trauma injuries to his head and body.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 47 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
595

Fall distance
60

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