OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221677503

PREFERRED MECHANICAL LLC

LAFAYETTE, LA· 2024-06-24T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Harness, Installing, Insufficient Supervision, Lanyard, Lifeline, Mechanical, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Repair, Replace, Replacing, Roof, Storm, Truck, Work Surface
NAICS: 238220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347576241
Employer profile: PREFERRED MECHANICAL LLC
Summary number: 221677503
Report ID: 0625700

Event description

Employee dies from fall through skylight while working from

Investigation abstract

At 12:37 p.m. on June 24, 2024, an employee and a coworker working for a mechanical contractor were conducting repairs on a shop roof that had been damaged three weeks prior by a storm. The employee and coworker used a Genie S-45 Aerial Lift to conduct the work. The work involved patching the roof with sealant, replacing damaged sheet metal panels, and replacing a skylight. The employee was starting to remove the skylight when he fell through the skylight 24 feet striking a truck and then the ground below. The employee died from multiple blunt force trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 57 M

Event type
5

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