OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221665011

RFX2024XEG419X0049 - ERICKSON BUILDING COMPONENTS LLC

PEORIA, AZ· 2024-02-12T00:00:00

Event: Brain, Brain Bleed, Concrete Floor, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Framing, Harness, Head, Installing, Lifeline, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Residential Construction, Roof
NAICS: 238130
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #347475030
Employer profile: RFX2024XEG419X0049 - ERICKSON BUILDING COMPONENTS LLC
Summary number: 221665011
Report ID: 0950411
Project type: A
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee dies after fall from roof to concrete while framing

Investigation abstract

At 1:45 p.m. on February 12, 2024, an employee working for a framing contractor was laying 4 by 4 OSB sheet on a single-story residential roof. The roof was approximately 10 to12 feet high. The employee was wearing a harness and had a fall restraint system in the area but apparently was not connected. The employee died from head trauma when he fell to the inside of the home onto the concrete floor.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 26 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
999

Fall distance
10

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