OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221692833

MCH CONTRACTORS LLC

CHAMBLEE, GA— 2024-08-15T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete, Concrete Floor, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Floor, Roof, Roof Opening, Struck Against, Struck By, Warehouse
NAICS: 238220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347689986
Employer profile: MCH CONTRACTORS LLC
Summary number: 221692833
Report ID: 0418100
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee is killed in fall through roof opening

Investigation abstract

At 2:15 p.m. on August 15, 2024, Employee #1 and a coworker had cut a 52-inch by 52-inch rough opening in the roof for the installation of a new exhaust fan. The pre-fabricated roof curb was installed for the roofer to complete their part of the work. The rough opening was not immediately covered after being made. After lunch, Employee #1 was working away from the area of the opening and unknowingly walked over the uncovered opening in the roof. Employee #1 fell approximately 35 feet to the concrete warehouse floor. The employee sustained severe trauma to the right side of the body and died from blunt force trauma upon striking the concrete floor.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 34 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
7010

Fall distance
35

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