OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221793953

FCX2025XJW184X0171 - BAR H BAR ENTERPRISES, INC.

QUEEN CREEK, AZ— 2025-02-13T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, CPR, Construction, Contusion, Electrical, Electrical Work, Electrician, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Falling Object, Fiberglass, Head, Installing, Laceration, Ladder, Lighting, Lighting Fixture, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Residential Construction, Stepladder, Unsafe Position, Work Surface, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 238210
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #348365115
Employer profile: FCX2025XJW184X0171 - BAR H BAR ENTERPRISES, INC.
Summary number: 221793953
Report ID: 0950411
Project type: A
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee is fatally injured while installing lighting fixtur

Investigation abstract

At 8:15 a.m. on February 13, 2025, Employee #1 was working as an apprentice electrician and was installing a recessed can lighting fixture on a bedroom ceiling. The employee was sitting on top of an 8-foot fiberglass ladder with one leg on each side of the ladder. The employee and the ladder fell backwards causing the employee to hit the back of his head. The employee was fatally injured.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 27 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
999

Fall distance
8

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