OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221745987

LAKE MICHIGAN EXTERIORS LLC

TRAVERSE CITY, MI— 2025-02-10T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concussion, Engineering Controls, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Head, High Wind, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lost Balance, Material Handling, Removing, Roof, Roofer, Roofing, Safety Device, Tarp, Training, Walking Surface, Weather, Windy, Work Surface
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #348037144
Employer profile: LAKE MICHIGAN EXTERIORS LLC
Summary number: 221745987
Report ID: 0552651
Project type: A
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee is fatally injured while removing tarp while roofin

Investigation abstract

At 9:49 a.m. on February 10, 2025, Employee #1 was working as a roofer and was removing a tarp from a roof. The tarp needed to be cut in order to remove it to begin shingle work. The wind caught the tarp causing Employee #1 to be off balance and fall off multiple levels of the roof. Employee #1 sustained fatal injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 29 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
595

Fall distance
25

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