OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221497431

CEPEDA DRYWALL LLC

AUSTIN, TX— 2022-09-06T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Head, Installing, Ladder, Reaching From Ladder, Struck Against, Traumatic Brain Injury
NAICS: 238130
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346204944
Employer profile: CEPEDA DRYWALL LLC
Summary number: 221497431
Report ID: 0625400
Project type: A
Construction end-use: B

Event description

Employee Is Killed By Traumatic Brain Injury In Fall From La

Investigation abstract

At 2:50 p.m. on September 6, 2022, an employee was working from a ladder while installing interior walls, ceilings and doors for a multifamily residential construction project. The employee fell an unknown distance from a ladder while patching a sheetrock hole in the ceiling. The employee was killed by a traumatic brain injury incurred when his head struck against the ground.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 66 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
573

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