Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221679640

CANTU CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Event
Blunt force trauma, Chain, Concrete Floor, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Falling Object, Lost Balance, Rigging, Struck By, Truss
NAICS
238130
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#347595274
Employer profile
CANTU CONSTRUCTION, LLC
Summary number
221679640
Report ID
0420600
Project type
A
Construction end-use
A

Event description

Employee is struck by falling trusses and sustains fatal inj

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 p.m. on June 27, 2024, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was standing atop installed roof trusses with a coworker while two additional roof trusses were being raised into position by a crane. Each truss, measuring approximately 20 feet in length and weighing 100 pounds, became dislodged from the rigging chains and struck Employee #1. The impact caused him to lose his balance and fall approximately 10 feet onto the concrete floor. The employee sustained blunt force trauma injuries, was initially hospitalized, and died from his injuries three days later.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 34 M

    Event type
    5
    Fall distance
    10

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