OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221526296

CHAIN OILFIELD SERVICES

HOUSTON, TX— 2023-01-05T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Carry, Demolition, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Head, Metal Sheet, Roof, Roof Panel, Skylight, Torso
NAICS: 238990
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346420243
Employer profile: CHAIN OILFIELD SERVICES
Summary number: 221526296
Report ID: 0626600
Project type: D
Construction end-use: D

Event description

Employee is killed in fall through skylight

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 a.m. on January 5, 2023, an employee was removing metal sheets of roof material with coworkers during a demolition project. The employee was not wearing a harness or utilizing any other type of fall protection. The employee was on the roof lifting the metal and while crossing the roof with one end of the metal he stepped through an unmarked skylight. The employee fell 20 feet to the concrete floor below and died due to blunt force trauma to his head and body.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 38 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
7010

Fall distance
20

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