OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221715717

JESUS VILCHIS

BLUE RIDGE, VA— 2024-10-26T00:00:00

Event: Concrete Floor, Drywall, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Floor, Fracture, Scaffold, Scaffolding, Skull
NAICS: 238310
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347862310
Employer profile: JESUS VILCHIS
Summary number: 221715717
Report ID: 0355118
Project type: A
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee falls from scaffolding and is killed

Investigation abstract

At 11:00 a.m. on October 26, 2024, an employee was working with his supervisor on a baker's scaffolding to attach a piece of drywall to a garage ceiling approximately 12 feet high. The employee fell from the scaffolding and sustained a shattered skull from the fall onto the concrete floor. The employee was pronounced dead.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 47 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
573

Fall distance
6

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