Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221726953

SWIFT BEEF COMPANY

Event
Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fixed Ladder, Food processing, Jump, Jumping, Manufacturing, Meat Processing, Roof, Suicide, Warehouse
NAICS
311612
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#347936783
Employer profile
SWIFT BEEF COMPANY
Summary number
221726953
Report ID
0950634

Event description

Employee dies from blunt force trauma in jump from roof

Investigation abstract

At 7:30 a.m. on December 11, 2024, an employee was working for a non-slaughter meat manufacturing warehouse. The employee was a permanent employee of the employer. A coworker, the plant operators manager, was her immediate supervisor. The employee had climbed an exterior fixed ladder to the roof of the building when she jumped off the roof. The employee died from blunt force trauma due to suicide.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 40 F

    Event type
    5

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