OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221494404

SAPP'S ROOFING

UNIONTOWN, PA— 2022-09-06T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Harness, Head, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Residential Construction, Roof, Roofer, Work Surface
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346201593
Employer profile: SAPP'S ROOFING
Summary number: 221494404
Report ID: 0317500
Project type: B
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee is killed due to head trauma in fall from roof

Investigation abstract

At 12:45 p.m. on September 6, 2022, an employee who was not wearing fall protection was working on a roof when he fell. The employee was killed due to head injuries in the 30 foot drop to the ground below.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 58 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
869

Fall distance
30

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