OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221493851

BEAR MOUNTAIN BUILDERS

WHITEFISH, MT— 2022-08-31T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Installing, Lack of Engineering Controls, Residential Construction, Roof, Work Surface
NAICS: 236115
Inspection type: Unprogrammed Related
Activity number: #346196819
Employer profile: BEAR MOUNTAIN BUILDERS
Summary number: 221493851
Report ID: 0830100
Project type: A
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee installing bird boxes is killed in fall from roof

Investigation abstract

At 12:30 p.m. on August 31, 2022, an employee was evaluating the materials and tools needed to complete the installation of bird boxes on a roof. The employee stepped on a poorly nailed bird box board and fell 22 feet. The employee incurred blunt force trauma from impacting the ground below and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 19 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
869

Fall distance
22

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