OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221492408

152606 - CORNELIOUS ASHE III

SYLVA, NC— 2022-08-12T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Harness, Installing, Metal Sheet, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Roof, Roofer, Slippery Surface, Walking Surface, Water, Weather, Wet, Work Surface
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346181209
Employer profile: 152606 - CORNELIOUS ASHE III
Summary number: 221492408
Report ID: 0453720

Event description

Employee is killed after fall off dew covered roof

Investigation abstract

On August 12, 2022, an employee (Owner) was working at the peak of a roof approximately 50 feet from the ground installing metal sheet roofing panels. The roof was covered with Tyvek material and was wet with heavy dew causing it to be slippery. A coworker heard a noise and turned to look just as the other employee began sliding down the roof. The employee slid down the roof into a narrow alleyway, struck the adjacent structure and then impacted with the ground. A coworker called EMS at 7:51 a.m. and they arrived at arrived at approximately 8:15 a.m. and pronounced the employee dead at the scene. The employee was not wearing any fall protection.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 54 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
999

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