OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221527757

OMAR CASTANON

HUNTSVILLE, AL— 2023-01-05T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cardiac Arrest, Climbing, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Medical Condition, Scaffold
NAICS: 238140
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #346429897
Employer profile: OMAR CASTANON
Summary number: 221527757
Report ID: 0418300
Project type: A
Construction end-use: B

Event description

Employee dies after suffering medical event and falling off

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on January 5, 2023, an employee was climbing a scaffold frame when he experienced a medical event and fell off scaffold approximately 30 feet to the ground. The employee died due to the medical event or the blunt force trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 59 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
563

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