OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221725740

HYR ROOFING, INC.

JACKSONVILLE, FL— 2024-12-10T00:00:00

Event: Attic, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Face, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Hand Tool, Head, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Nail, Nail gun, Residential Construction, Roof, Roofer, Roofing, Sheetrock, Torso, Water, Wet
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347928251
Employer profile: HYR ROOFING, INC.
Summary number: 221725740
Report ID: 0419700
Project type: B
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee sustains head trauma in fall from roof, later dies

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 p.m. on December 10, 2024, an employee working for a roofing contractor was working on top of a residential roof. A coworker struck a water-pipe with his pneumatic nail gun. The employee fell through the attic sheet rock approximately 8.5 feet to the surface below. The employee was transported to the local hospital with blunt force trauma to his head. At 6:00 p.m., the employee died in the hospital.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 56 M

Event type
5

Fall distance
9

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