OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221520166

ANTONIO PRADO GODINEZ

POWHATAN, VA— 2022-12-09T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Floor, Falling Object, Head, Lumber, Removing, Residential Construction, Stair, Struck By, Unsecured
NAICS: 238130
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346384068
Employer profile: ANTONIO PRADO GODINEZ
Summary number: 221520166
Report ID: 0355111
Project type: A
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by falling staircase unit

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on December 9, 2022, an employee and a coworker were in the basement removing two-by-four pieces of lumber that were secured to the concrete floor. Other coworkers were installing a wooden staircase between the first and second levels when the staircase unit became unsecured and fell approximately eleven feet through an opening between the first level and basement and struck the employee in the head. The employee died due to blunt force head trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 31 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7010

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