OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221676513

BLACK AND YELLOW CORING LLC

ATLANTA, GA· 2024-06-18T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Break, Building, Commercial Building, Concussion, Construction, Drilling, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Hard Hat, Head, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Skylight, Unprotected, Unsafe Position, Unstable Position, Unstable Surface
NAICS: 238990
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347570152
Employer profile: BLACK AND YELLOW CORING LLC
Summary number: 221676513
Report ID: 0418100
Project type: C
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee dies from head trauma in fall through skylight

Investigation abstract

At 6:30 p.m. on June 18, 2024, an employee working as a construction laborer for from blunt force trauma to his head. a specialty trade contractor had been drilling cores. The employee was in the process of setting up to drill the last core of the day. The core was supposed to be an 8-inch circle from which to run wires. There was some downtime available for the employee and coworkers on the crew to relax before starting to drill. The employee had leaned against a raised domed skylight. Upon applying his weight to the skylight, it gave way. This caused the employee to fall down to the lower level. The employee's hard hat hit the skylight dome and fell off as he fell causing him to directly impact the lower level. The employee died

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 23 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
869

Fall distance
14

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