Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221698285

KB HOME COASTAL INC

Event
Asphyxiated, Construction, Neck, Office Area, Residential Construction, Suicide, Trailer
NAICS
236117
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#347731606
Employer profile
KB HOME COASTAL INC
Summary number
221698285
Report ID
0950633

Event description

Employee dies after committing suicide in job site trailer

Investigation abstract

At 2:52 a.m. on August 30, 2024, an employee was working for a building contractor on a multi-family residential construction site. The employee was working in his office in the site job trailer. The employee's supervisor, the vice president for land development, was not on site at the time. The employee committed suicide by hanging himself and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 61 M

    Event type
    14

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