OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221491830

AMERICAN METAL ROOFS INC.

RICHMOND, MI— 2022-08-23T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Clearance, Climbing, Construction, Contact, Electric Shock, Electrical Wire, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Installing, Ladder, Metal, Residential Construction, Roof, Roofer, Shock
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346176332
Employer profile: AMERICAN METAL ROOFS INC.
Summary number: 221491830
Report ID: 0552651
Project type: A
Construction end-use: B

Event description

Employee dies from electrical shock and fall during roofing

Investigation abstract

At 2:45 a.m. on August 23, 2022, an employee was working as a roofer for a roofing contractor installing a metal roof on a residential home. The employee climbed a secured ladder while carrying a 10-foot piece of metal trim. A coworker called out to the worker on the ladder causing him to turn around. At this point, the metal trim contacted a live electrical line causing him to fall approximately 18 feet to the ground. EMS transported the employee to the hospital, where he died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 46 M

Event type
13

Fall distance
30

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