OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221721301

BRICK RESTORATION, INC.

SEABROOK, TX— 2024-11-21T00:00:00

Event: Brain, Concrete Panel, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Fence, Head, Panel, Scaffold, Scaffolding, Struck Against, Struck By, Traffic Control, Traumatic Brain Injury, Winch
NAICS: 238140
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347899759
Employer profile: BRICK RESTORATION, INC.
Summary number: 221721301
Report ID: 0626700

Event description

Employee falls from scaffold while placing concrete panels,

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 p.m. on November 21, 2024, an employee was working from the second tier of a two-tiered scaffold using a winch to lift and place concrete panels into a fence system. The employee moved the winch to the front left corner of the scaffold to place a panel on a taller fence section. The weight on the corner caused the scaffold to become unbalanced and topple over. The employee fell and struck his head on a concrete traffic divider, sustaining fatal head fractures.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 65 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
563

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