OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221723430

SOUTHERN STEEL & TUBULAR BUILDING ERECTORS LLC

TAMPA, FL— 2024-12-02T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Cleaning, Commercial Building, Concrete Floor, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Harness, Head, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Work Procedures, Lanyard, Lifeline, Metal, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Roof, Roof Opening, Roof Opening Cover, Skylight, Torso, Traumatic Brain Injury, Work Surface
NAICS: 238120
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #347912651
Employer profile: SOUTHERN STEEL & TUBULAR BUILDING ERECTORS LLC
Summary number: 221723430
Report ID: 0420600
Project type: C
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee sustains head trauma in fall from roof, later dies

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 a.m. on December 2, 2024, an employee working as a metal worker for a structural metal contractor was walking on top of a roof collecting and bagging discarded roofing insulation. The employee stepped onto a fiberglass skylight and fell through the roof approximately 17 feet to the concrete warehouse floor below. Reports were received that the employee was not wearing his personal fall arrest system (PFAS). The employee sustained multiple blunt-force trauma to his head and body. He was transported to the hospital, where he was placed on life support. On January 5, 2025, the employee was determined to be brain-dead and was removed from life support. The employee died as a result of his injuries.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
597

Fall distance
17

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