OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221480171

XPERIENCE MASONRY, LLC

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA— 2022-06-23T00:00:00

Event: Abrasion, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Slab, Construction, Contusion, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Guard, Guardrail, Head, Masonry, Masonry Wall, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Neck, Unprotected, Wall
NAICS: 238140
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346068125
Employer profile: XPERIENCE MASONRY, LLC
Summary number: 221480171
Report ID: 0355116
Project type: A
Construction end-use: H

Event description

Employee assisting mason is killed in fall from scaffold

Investigation abstract

At 5:00 p.m. on June 23, 2022, an employee was working from a scaffold assisting a mason by ensuring he had the necessary materials to build a 25-foot concrete block wall. The employee fell from the scaffold through a gap in the wall and incurred blunt force trauma to his head and neck. The employee died from impact with the foundation concrete slab below. In the central area of the wall, there was an unprotected opening that measured approximately 12-foot wide by 12-foot 5-inches high. This created a gap of approximately 28-inches that was not guarded as the employee traversed the opening in the wall.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 54 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
563

Fall distance
11

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