OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221688328

FERNANDO RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ

HOUSTON, TX· 2024-03-20T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force trauma, Ceiling, Concrete Floor, Drain Pipe, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Ladder, Truss, Unsecured
NAICS: 238220
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #347658478
Employer profile: FERNANDO RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ
Summary number: 221688328
Report ID: 0626700
Project type: A
Construction end-use: B

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from ladder

Investigation abstract

At 4:09 p.m. on March 20, 2024, an employee was preparing to connect storm water drains in the ceiling. The employee was using an unsecured ladder to climb into the exposed trusses of an unfinished ceiling to connect drainpipes. The employee fell approximately 37 feet to the concrete surface below. The employee was killed due to multiple blunt force injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 53 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
587

Fall distance
37

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