OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221653470

HEINE BROTHERS TUCKPOINTING, INC.

CLAYTON, MO· 2024-03-22T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Broken Bone, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Head, Residential Construction, Roof, Scaffold, Seizure, Unconsciousness
NAICS: 238140
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347379257
Employer profile: HEINE BROTHERS TUCKPOINTING, INC.
Summary number: 221653470
Report ID: 0729300
Project type: C
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee dies after fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 a.m. on March 22, 2024, Employee #1 had been tuckpointing a residential building for approximately 4 weeks. Employee #1 was preparing the site and beginning work. Employee #1 climbed the scaffold/roof. Employee #1 fell from the scaffold/roof. Employee #1 was unconscious and sustained a broken arm and blunt force trauma to the head. First responders believe Employee #1 had a seizure as a result of the head injury. Employee #1 was hospitalized and subsequently died in the hospital from increased intracranial pressure from the blunt force head trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 49 M

Event type
5

Fall distance
30

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