OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221502164

SWISS BUILDERS LLC

GOSHEN, IN— 2022-10-04T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Harness, Head, Installing, Insulation, Lost Balance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Protective Clothing, Roofer, Work Surface
NAICS: 236115
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346263916
Employer profile: SWISS BUILDERS LLC
Summary number: 221502164
Report ID: 0551800
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee is killed in fall while installing roofing

Investigation abstract

At 12:15 a.m. on October 4, 2022, an employee (Foreman) was working for a as he was bending over. He then appeared to step to close or over the edge, lost his balance and fell forward onto the concrete floor 25 feet below. The employee died from blunt force trauma to the head when he hit face first onto the concrete floor. company constructing a travel trailer factory. The employee was working on a crew of 5 coworkers installing insulation and metal roofing on the building. The crew went down from the roof to have lunch. After lunch, they returned to the roof to continue the installation. The employee came up on the roof and was observed not wearing his harness. He then went to the north side of the building where he was working prior to lunch. He did not put on any fall protection equipment, then he bent over to stretch out the insulation prior installing the metal panel. He apparently overstepped and placed his foot onto the insulation

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 25 M

Event type
5

Fall distance
32

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