OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221688260

PROFRAME INC

WOODLAND, CA— 2024-07-31T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broke, Commercial Building, Construction, Defect, Defective, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Guardrail, Handrail, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Laborer, Lack of Work Procedures, Malfunction, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Rail, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 236220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347657843
Employer profile: PROFRAME INC
Summary number: 221688260
Report ID: 0950621
Project type: A
Construction end-use: H

Event description

Employee sits on rail, dies from fall when it breaks

Investigation abstract

At 1:45 p.m. on July 31, 2024, an employee working as a construction laborer for a commercial building contractor was sitting on the top rail of safety railing. The top rail gave way under the weight of the employee, and he fell 45 feet to the ground below. The employee died from blunt force trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
869

Fall distance
45

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