OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221689086

H.G. METAL BUILDINGS

HOUSTON, TX— 2024-08-01T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Harness, Head, Skylight, Torso
NAICS: 332311
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347660680
Employer profile: H.G. METAL BUILDINGS
Summary number: 221689086
Report ID: 0626600
Project type: C
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee is killed when falls through skylight

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 a.m. on August 1, 2024, an employee was laying out his fall harness. The employee fell through an unmarked skylight onto concrete, suffering massive head and body trauma. The employee was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 35 M

Event type
5

Fall distance
47

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