OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221676547

UNLIMITED ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.

SANTA ANA, CA· 2024-06-21T00:00:00

Event: Asbestos Removal, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cleaning, Competent Person, Construction, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Ground, Head, Inspection, Laborer, Scaffold, Scaffolding
NAICS: 562910
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347570749
Employer profile: UNLIMITED ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.
Summary number: 221676547
Report ID: 0950631
Project type: D
Construction end-use: H

Event description

Employee dies from head injuries in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

At 12:15 p.m. on June 21, 2024, an employee working as an asbestos worker for an asbestos remediation company was working on a crew with two coworkers. The crew was assigned clean-up duties on an asbestos abatement project. The crew gathered tools needed on third floor when a coworker noticed that the employee was nowhere to be found. After the coworkers conducted a brief search, the employee was found lying on south side of the structure with injuries. At approximately 12:51 pm, the employee had fallen from the scaffolding, the platform of which was more than 16 inches from structure. No one at the site witnessed the fall. The employee died from blunt trauma including head injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 28 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
7027

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