OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221733207

INTERSTATE ROOFING & WATERPROOFING, INC.

WINDSOR, WI— 2025-01-09T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Building, Commercial Building, Construction, Contusion, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Foot, Fracture, Installing, Insufficient Supervision, Leading Edge, Lost Balance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Roof, Roofer, Roofing, Training, Unprotected, Unstable Position, Walking Surface, Weather, Work Surface
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347968497
Employer profile: INTERSTATE ROOFING & WATERPROOFING, INC.
Summary number: 221733207
Report ID: 0523300
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee dies in fall while installing membrane on low slope

Investigation abstract

At 4:15 p.m. on January 9, 2025, Employee #1 was working as a roofer for a general contractor and was working on a new construction low-slope commercial roof. Employee #1 was was installing plastic membrane material to the flat roof surface in close proximity to the roof edge on the north side of the building. Employee #1 was in a crouched position and he lost his footing when he went to stand up. Employee #1 fell approximately 51 feet off the roof edge. Employee #1 died from multiple injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 23 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
595

Fall distance
51

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