OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221473077

152146 - DEE'S CUSTOM HOMES, INC.

SWANNANOA, NC— 2022-06-19T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Concrete Floor, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Ladder, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Neck, Residential Construction, Scaffold, Struck Against, Work Surface
NAICS: 236115
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346041288
Employer profile: 152146 - DEE'S CUSTOM HOMES, INC.
Summary number: 221473077
Report ID: 0453720

Event description

Employee is killed after breaking neck in fall from house

Investigation abstract

On June 19, 2022, an employee was working on a construction crew for a new single family home. The employee was sanding something not specified in the narrative when she fell from either a ladder or a scaffold. The employee struck some equipment on the way down before landing in the basement. The employee broke her neck and was pronounced dead by Emergency Medical Services at the scene.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 41 F

Event type
5

Occupation code
999

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