OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221500762

NORTH AMERICAN DISMANTLING CORP.

CARMICHAELS, PA— 2022-09-28T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Catwalk, Collapse, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Power Plant, Torch, Torch cutting, Ventilation
NAICS: 238910
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346254287
Employer profile: NORTH AMERICAN DISMANTLING CORP.
Summary number: 221500762
Report ID: 0317500
Project type: D
Construction end-use: H

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from vent

Investigation abstract

At 8:15 a.m. on September 28, 2022, an employee was torch cutting a power plant vent for removal from a catwalk when he left the catwalk and went on top of vent system. While on top of the vent, it collapsed causing the employee to fall with the vent approximately 25 feet onto the catwalk. The employee died from his injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 29 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
869

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