OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221473069
152130 - R. E. BENGEL SHEET METAL COMPANY
ORIENTAL, NC—
Event description
Employee falls off scaffold while climbing down, later dies
Investigation abstract
On June 22, 2022, an employee, who worked for a roofing contractor, was coming down from a roof. The empoyee was on the walk-board of a ladder jack scaffold about 5 feet off of the deck. The employer believes he may have been transitioning from the walk-board to the ladder when he fell. The employee struck the deck railing and then fell an additional 22 feet from the railing to the ground. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead later that afternoon.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 57 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
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