OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221503576

BSS ROOFING, LLC

LITTLE ROCK, AR— 2022-10-10T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Concussion, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fiberglass, Fracture, Head, Installing, Metal Sheet, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Roof, Roof Opening, Roof Opening Cover, Roofer, Skylight, Walking Surface, Work Surface
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346272990
Employer profile: BSS ROOFING, LLC
Summary number: 221503576
Report ID: 0627100
Project type: B
Construction end-use: D

Event description

Employee falls through skylight while roofing, later dies

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on October 10, 2022, an employee was working on a roofing crew covering fiberglass skylight panels with metal. The crew had to cover 12 skylights before installing a new thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) roof ing system over an existing metal roof. The employee stepped onto one of the uncovered skylight panels and the panel gave way. The employee fell through the opening approximately 18 feet to the concrete floor below. He incurred head trauma and died four days later.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 22 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
7047

Fall distance
18

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