OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221674302

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR- NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS)- BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK

BRYCE, UT· 2024-06-07T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Fracture, Head, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lighting, Neck, Poor Visibility, Rock, Safety Device, Skull, Tripped, Wall
NAICS: 712190
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347552630
Employer profile: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR- NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS)- BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK
Summary number: 221674302
Report ID: 0830500

Event description

Employee dies of head trauma from fall over low wall to rock

Investigation abstract

At 11:30 p.m. on June 7, 2024, an employee working for the national park service was providing directions to a patron. The employee fell over a landscaping wall and hit his head on a large rock. The employee died at the scene due to head trauma including a fractured skull.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 76 M

Event type
4

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